Ishimatsu-san,
Sorry for my late response.
>
> Which tree did you apply the patch to?
>
> The patch can apply to net-next tree with no conflicts as follows:
Not net-next but net tree:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git
I'll review and test your patch soon.
Sincerely,
Taku Izumi
>
> # git clone
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git
> Cloning into 'net-next'...
> remote: Counting objects: 5265118, done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (805485/805485), done.
> Receiving objects: 100% (5265118/5265118), 910.11 MiB | 23.42 MiB/s, done.
> remote: Total 5265118 (delta 4419240), reused 5264459 (delta 4418809)
> Resolving deltas: 100% (4419240/4419240), done.
> Checking out files: 100% (58005/58005), done.
> # head -n 30 fjes.patch
> Subject: [PATCH v2] fjes: Do not load fjes driver if system does not have
> extended socket device.
> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:05:18 -0500
> From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <yasu.isim...@gmail.com>
> To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
> CC: David Miller <da...@davemloft.net>, izumi.t...@jp.fujitsu.com
>
> The fjes driver is used only by FUJITSU servers and almost of all servers
> in the world never use it. But currently if ACPI PNP0C02 is defined in the
> ACPI table, the following message is always shown:
>
> "FUJITSU Extended Socket Network Device Driver - version 1.2
> - Copyright (c) 2015 FUJITSU LIMITED"
>
> The message makes users confused because there is no reason that the message
> is shown in other vendor servers.
>
> To avoid the confusion, the patch adds a check that the server has a extended
> socket device or not.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasu...@jp.fujitsu.com>
> CC: Taku Izumi <izumi.t...@jp.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Order local variable declarations from longest to shortest line
>
> drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c | 52
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c b/drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c
> index b77e4ecf..a57c2cb 100644 # cd net-next/ # git am ../fjes.patch
> Applying: fjes: Do not load fjes driver if system does not have extended
> socket device.
> #
>
>
> Thanks,
> Yasuaki Ishimatsu
