Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 11:24:01 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MFC of em/igb drivers Message-ID: <481C9FB1.4060407@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0805030939ua3022ceq7939aea0754e9e71@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a41acea0805030014x244e1311v945e23266961193d@mail.gmail.com> <20080503114529.GD18958@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <2a41acea0805030939ua3022ceq7939aea0754e9e71@mail.gmail.com>
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Jack Vogel wrote: > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:45 AM, Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:14:32AM -0700, Jack Vogel wrote: >> >> >>> I got the new drivers in Friday afternoon for those that don't see CVS >> > messages. >> > >> > The igb driver is for 82575 and 82576 adapters, it has multiqueue support and >> > MSIX, there will be more server type enhancements in that driver as I get the >> > time. >> > >> > The em driver now will be client oriented, the latest hardware support however >> > is for 82574, Hartwell, which is a really nice low cost PCIE dual-port adapter, >> > that actually also has MSIX. This first released support for it will >> > use 3 interrupt >> > vectors, one for TX, one for RX, and Link. The hardware actually supports 5 >> > vectors, so I am planning to add support for another RX and TX queue as my >> > schedule allows. >> > >> > Hartwell is also the first adapter that has IEEE 1588 PTP support, the driver >> > provides init and an ioctl interface to use that facility, I hope we >> > see software >> > support follow on soon. This is an early announcement, I am not sure on >> > exact dates for availability but they should be soon. >> > >> > As ever, issues and bugs should be sent to me. Cheers everyone! >> >> Besides the broken tinderbox, you did not connected the igb module to >> the module build. Is this intentional ? >> > > No, not intentional, both issues are now fixed, sorry, was tired yesterday > afternoon :) > Is it still true that support for the 575 moved from em to igb? If so, please put an entry in src/UPDATING about it and ask the re/docs team to make sure it's documented in the next release notes. Scott
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