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Rejected ixgbe patch to accept 1G copper SFPs on Intel X550EM as 1G SX
A proposed ixgbe patch would have let X550EM NICs recognise otherwise-unsupported 1G copper SFPs by treating them as 1G SX through a new module parameter, mirroring the existing unsupported-SFP handling. Without the change these NICs simply refuse the copper module, so operators wanting cheap 1G…
