Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:12:06 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: Jack F Vogel <jfv@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/e1000 LICENSE README e1000_80003es2lan.c e1000_80003es2lan.h e1000_82540.c e1000_82541.c e1000_82541.h e1000_82542.c e1000_82543.c e1000_82543.h e1000_82571.c e1000_82571.h e1000_82575.c e1000_82575.h e1000_api.c e1000_api Message-ID: <20080731181144.C22038@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0807310835i7bca258aj7d56f2a9bf3fbdb3@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a41acea0807310835i7bca258aj7d56f2a9bf3fbdb3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Jack Vogel wrote: > I mean ASAP, but was not defining "possible" :) Without this change the igb > driver cannot be used static in the kernel so I've had a couple people say > it was important that it get into 7.1, that's the main thing I want make. > > I had no intention of putting it in today or something :) As many users of > the driver that can give this a try would be appreciated. Exactly the anwer I had hoped for, thanks! Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge > > Jack > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Jack F Vogel wrote: >> >>> SVN rev 181027 on 2008-07-30 21:56:53Z by jfv >>> >>> Merge of the source for igb and em into dev/e1000, this >>> proved to be necessary to make the static drivers work >>> in EITHER/OR or BOTH configurations. Modules will still >>> build in sys/modules/igb or em as before. >>> >>> This also updates the igb driver for support for the 82576 >>> adapter, adds shared code fixes, and etc.... >>> >>> MFC after: ASAP >> >> These changes seem pretty big -- I hope your definition of "ASAP" differs >> from mine when it comes to the MFC, as I would take ASAP to mean "almost >> immediately". We generally require a minimum delay of three days for mall >> changes, and ideally several weeks for large ones, and this is almost always >> a good idea as it's interesting how the world becomes more complicated once >> there's widespread testing going on :-). >> >> Robert N M Watson >> Computer Laboratory >> University of Cambridge >> >
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