Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 01:49:38 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: Jack F Vogel <jfv@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Rui Paulo <rpaulo@felyko.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r266423 - in head/sys: conf dev/i40e modules/i40e Message-ID: <20140521014355.V3433@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <537B726C.1080000@freebsd.org> References: <201405190121.s4J1L3qA068339@svn.freebsd.org> <53796149.8060000@freebsd.org> <AF83F052-00D1-40E1-A427-58EDE0853D42@felyko.com> <537B714A.5080500@freebsd.org> <537B726C.1080000@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 20 May 2014, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 5/20/14, 11:14 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: >> On 5/20/14, 1:50 AM, Rui Paulo wrote: >>> On 18 May 2014, at 18:41, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On 5/19/14, 9:21 AM, Jack F Vogel wrote: >>>>> Author: jfv >>>>> Date: Mon May 19 01:21:02 2014 >>>>> New Revision: 266423 >>>>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/266423 >>>>> >>>>> Log: >>>>> This is the beta release of the driver for the new >>>>> Intel 40G Ethernet Controller XL710 Family. This is >>>>> the core driver, a VF driver called i40evf, will be >>>>> following soon. Questions or comments to myself or >>>>> my co-developer Eric Joyner. Cheers! >>>> love the name.. >>> Aesthetics aside, I think the name should be changed. Network drivers >>> always used [a-z] for name and [0-9] for unit. Can you find an example >>> where this is not true? >> >> I just meant the XL (Roman Numeral 40) part.. > > sorry to have caused this fuss jsut because I like the use of the common "XL" > name to (in this case) hint at 40. > the device name in netstat could be ixlgNNN (intel 40gig) even if the device > is aimed at the 710 (and later 720 etc..) Then the correct name is xlN, but unfortunately ;) wpaul already used up most of the 2-letter namespace (xl went in 1998). ixl would be OK. Bruce
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