From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 19:56:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0655316A421 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:56:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hlecuanda@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36EE943D48 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:56:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hlecuanda@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so325468nzk for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:56:31 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BmqF84BBbseQUGtWK5hT4gSeLp/WmF5gFA3Q0s02XT1q5X7MS9/NiGquoUAAlZHJkMVmyMxNCId9s7mWq2IK7DOiKNOvI9Kwx+jQs8VLw1h6HyBjzpO79ATgeUvTpS6u7xe4KKk9W5g2rJ979x5lOvm5nifB2QotJABj87NHYsU= Received: by 10.54.5.51 with SMTP id 51mr3098475wre; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:56:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.116.17 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:56:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:56:31 -0700 From: Hector Lecuanda To: Jade Spangenberg In-Reply-To: <20050922181347.VWPJ20345.outaamta01.mail.tds.net@frick> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050922181347.VWPJ20345.outaamta01.mail.tds.net@frick> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(4) support for 82573 1000/PRO nic on 5.x [was: Re: em on 5.x] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Hector Lecuanda List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:56:33 -0000 On 9/22/05, Jade Spangenberg wrote: > I had this same issue with an Intel Pro 1000 nic. I just > downloaded/installed the current driver from Intel and all was good. The > driver I'm referring to is here: > > http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr= =3DN&I > nst=3DYes&ProductID=3D838&DwnldID=3D9159&strOSs=3D52&OSFullName=3DFreeBSD= *&lang=3Deng > > Hope that helps. > > --Jade > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Hector Lecuanda > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:10 PM > To: Gavin Atkinson > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; John Baldwin > Subject: Re: em(4) support for 82573 1000/PRO nic on 5.x [was: Re: em on > 5.x] > > On 9/22/05, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 13:53 -0700, Hector Lecuanda wrote: > > > On 9/20/05, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 20 September 2005 01:55 pm, Hector Lecuanda wrote: > > > > > I have an Intel 82573 1000/PRO nic. I've seen that the 4.x branch > > > > > supports this device, but 5.x does not. > > > > > > > > > > Is support for this device to be included in the near future? > > > > > who can I contact regarding patches to make it work? > > > > > > > > Erm, the em(4) driver is in 5.x. Also, this mailing list is more f= or > > > > questions about writing device drivers. For more general questions > try > > > > either the questions@ or stable@ mailing lists. > > > > > > Thank you, i will redirect my query to the appropriate mailing list. > > > > > > Perhaps i should have explained that the em(4) driver in 4.x does > > > include support for the Intel 82573 1000/PRO nic; while the one in 5.= x > > > does not. =3D( > > > > > > Is it planned to merge the work on 4.x to 5.x and HEAD? > > > i tried to recompile the kernel with the 4.x sources for the em(4) > > > driver, but obviously a lot has changed in the kernel, and as luck > > > would have it, my attempt did not yield any success. > > > > Support seems to be in HEAD and therefore 6.x already. It looks like 5 > > has simply been missed. I suspect all that is needed in the 5 branch > > are the following changes, though that is untested: > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-all/2005-May/121728.html > > > > I actually have one of the affected cards which I was planning to use i= n > > a 5-STABLE machine in the (semi-)near future, thanks for pointing out > > the issue! > > > > Gavin > > > > > How can I get the patches to update my source? i've been fiddling with > cvsup and the web interface for CVS, but no luck.. hehe.. there must > be a straightforward way and i cant seem to figure it out.. > > thx > > > -- > -Hector Lecuanda > PGP Public Key / Llave Publica PGP: > http://lecuanda.com/pgp_pubkey.asc > http://lecuanda.com/pgp_pubkey.txt Indeed, the driver from intel worked like a charm... you may want to download it from ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/9159/eng/em-3.2.15.tar.gz since intel's website breaks lynx or CURL... -- -Hector Lecuanda PGP Public Key / Llave Publica PGP: http://lecuanda.com/pgp_pubkey.asc http://lecuanda.com/pgp_pubkey.txt