Nowadays its just an ixgbe-parameter:
parm: allow_unsupported_sfp:Allow unsupported and untested
SFP+ modules on 82599-based adapters (uint)
Jörg
On 20 Jun 2017, at 17:26, Jim Shankland wrote:
The last I looked -- and it's been a few years, so it might no longer
be true -- the check for this was in the driver software, which is
open-sourced. The check was even guarded by an ifdef so that it was
easily disabled. If you disabled the check, you got a hyperventilating
syslog warning saying you were taking your life into your hands by
using unapproved equipment. That warning could then be ignored while
it receded into rotated and, eventually, expunged log history.
As I said, that was a few years ago, so would need to be reconfirmed.
Jim
