Stephen Hemminger, Nov 14, 2025 at 18:03: > Yes, this code is in first git commit 2.6.12 from 2005 it is possible > (but not worth the effort) to find it in earlier repos.
I finally found the original discussion on the netdev mailing list: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ And the commit that introduced this quirk: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git/commit/?id=b74ac55d38c7181d1f1c1c3c7068b1693c7adb0f -- Robin > Post no bills.

