Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:42:15 -0800 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Tanel Rebane <tanel@rebane.se> Subject: Re: What is the relationship between Intel and FreeBSD in regards to igb(4)? Message-ID: <CAFOYbcksvcxagvBh-kFa8j=pPiWL3LGZVMK_4FcPF3v3s%2BvAdQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1ud8D6gpRyXEaxhuf%2BfeYRsQjtkXMsE_bsbSmhhpT5BsA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANdUpHODYuGCFUSLuLTObgPMmb6FXAQPYXkHi0JiTDPSpNb3%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1ud8D6gpRyXEaxhuf%2BfeYRsQjtkXMsE_bsbSmhhpT5BsA@mail.gmail.com>
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Kevin is correct :) When it comes to the man pages the problem is that even though we have a docs group internally, they are not really independent, and doing development and support on the drivers keeps me fully occupied.. so the docs tend to lag a bit. If you have specific questions I am lurking about (even when I'm on vacation like right now :)) and am happy to do my best to answer. Happy Holidays! Jack On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Tanel Rebane <tanel@rebane.se> wrote: > > I'm trying to wrap my head around the igb(4) drivers. As I've understood > > this driver is written by Intel and they distribute it from their > Download > > Center. The driver also seems to be included in the default installation > of > > FreeBSD (yet I can't seem to find anything relevant in src/sys/dev/igb). > > However, when comparing the igb(4) man page (of FreeBSD) and the readme > for > > igb-2.2.3.tar.gz (of Intel) there are differences in supported devices. > > > > Am I right in suspecting that Intel does all the developing in-house and > > then, from time to time, their source gets pushed/synced with the FreeBSD > > source tree? Does that mean that current the man page for igb(4) lists > > fewer supported devices because igb(4) on FreeBSD itself is out of date? > If > > that is the case, how often does FreeBSD pull new versions of igb from > > Intel? > > > > Any input is greatly appreciated, thanks! > > Jack Vogel works for Intel and writes and maintains the em and igb > drivers. He has recently mentioned that the Intel distribution may, on > occasion, lead the version committed to FreeBSD, but they are usually > identical. > > An inconsistency between supported device types is probably an > oversight. Jack as a commit bit and he is the one who updates both > FreeBSD and the Intel distributions. > > Jack posted information on this a week or two ago, but I don't seem to > find it, though I m sure it's in the archive, somewhere and the right > search terms will find it. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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