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Date:      Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:26:54 -0800
From:      YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Cc:        marius@freebsd.org, gallatin@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, np@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NICs not in GENERIC
Message-ID:  <20120222182654.GG6861@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120221155656.Horde.kkqxT5jmRSRPQ7C4wSPK1kA@webmail.leidinger.net>
References:  <20120221155656.Horde.kkqxT5jmRSRPQ7C4wSPK1kA@webmail.leidinger.net>

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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall  
> not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)?
>  - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only?
>  - if_cxgb
>  - if_cxgbe

Last time I tried cas(4) on i386, it worked without problems and I
think all Sun add-on cards would work.
However as Scott said, it would be rare to see these Sun
controllers on x86 world.

>  - if_gem: is compiled as a module, Apple/Sun, non-x86 only?
>  - if_hme: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only?
>  - if_ic: no man-page
>  - if_ipheth: no man-page
>  - if_mos: USB NIC
>  - if_mxge
>  - if_my
>  - if_nxge
>  - if_vtnet: virtual NIC for hypervisors
> 
> Bye,
> Alexander.
> 
> -- 
> Progress might have been all right once, but it's gone on too long.
> 		-- Ogden Nash
> 
> http://www.Leidinger.net    Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7
> http://www.FreeBSD.org       netchild @ FreeBSD.org  : PGP ID = 72077137



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