Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:40:09 -0800 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r184870 - in head/sys: amd64/conf boot/forth conf dev/ale i386/conf modules modules/ale Message-ID: <20081112154009.GD45411@citylink.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <200811120952.mAC9q6H3025912@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200811120952.mAC9q6H3025912@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 09:52:06AM +0000, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > Author: yongari > Date: Wed Nov 12 09:52:06 2008 > New Revision: 184870 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/184870 > > Log: > Add ale(4), a driver for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCIe ethernet > controller. The controller is also known as L1E(AR8121) and > L2E(AR8113/AR8114). Unlike its predecessor Attansic L1, > AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 uses completely different Rx logic such that > it requires separate driver. Datasheet for AR81xx is not available > to open source driver writers but it shares large part of Tx and > PHY logic of L1. I still don't understand some part of register > meaning and some MAC statistics counters but the driver seems to > have no critical issues for performance and stability. > Yay! thanks for yet another great driver Pyun.
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