Sounds like this issue needs describing in the release notices.

Ted You wrote:
> Hi Aubrey,
> 
> The following is the original information from Intel:
> 
> ----------------------
> A long time ago we produced a Windows driver that erroneously supported
> device ID 0x10be, but as a device completely unrelated to ICH9.  Since
> it was an error, the use of id 10be was not recorded properly, so when
> ICH9 did come along, the team at first assigned 10be to ICH9.
> 
> When the multiple errors were discovered, we decided to retire id 10be
> entirely and 0x10f5 is the correct one.  Unfortunately, during the time
> this was happening, some systems did go out into the world with the 10be
> device id.
> 
> If you encounter one of these systems (sounds like Sun has, somewhere)
> the right thing to do is tell them to upgrade the NVM image.  That is,
> the flash non-volatile memory which contains our eeprom image and the
> device ID.
> ----------------------
> 
> I don't think we should support an incorrect device id in the e1000g
> driver. I would still suggest you to update the NVM of the NIC to solve
> this problem. Please contact Intel, they should be able to help you
> update the image. And I'll also check what we can do to help you on
> this.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ted
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