Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:35:23 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: "Robert Watson" <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: Jack F Vogel <jfv@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/e1000 LICENSE README e1000_80003es2lan.c e1000_80003es2lan.h e1000_82540.c e1000_82541.c e1000_82541.h e1000_82542.c e1000_82543.c e1000_82543.h e1000_82571.c e1000_82571.h e1000_82575.c e1000_82575.h e1000_api.c e1000_api Message-ID: <2a41acea0807310835i7bca258aj7d56f2a9bf3fbdb3@mail.gmail.com>
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I mean ASAP, but was not defining "possible" :) Without this change the igb driver cannot be used static in the kernel so I've had a couple people say it was important that it get into 7.1, that's the main thing I want make. I had no intention of putting it in today or something :) As many users of the driver that can give this a try would be appreciated. Jack On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Jack F Vogel wrote: > >> SVN rev 181027 on 2008-07-30 21:56:53Z by jfv >> >> Merge of the source for igb and em into dev/e1000, this >> proved to be necessary to make the static drivers work >> in EITHER/OR or BOTH configurations. Modules will still >> build in sys/modules/igb or em as before. >> >> This also updates the igb driver for support for the 82576 >> adapter, adds shared code fixes, and etc.... >> >> MFC after: ASAP > > These changes seem pretty big -- I hope your definition of "ASAP" differs > from mine when it comes to the MFC, as I would take ASAP to mean "almost > immediately". We generally require a minimum delay of three days for mall > changes, and ideally several weeks for large ones, and this is almost always > a good idea as it's interesting how the world becomes more complicated once > there's widespread testing going on :-). > > Robert N M Watson > Computer Laboratory > University of Cambridge >
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