Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:44:47 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: Evolution of the em driver Message-ID: <20071031114447.GC70883@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20071031081638.GA13564@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <2a41acea0710291045m6f1d2acw78c26a455ea3894d@mail.gmail.com> <m2myu0q1f0.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <2a41acea0710301001k60442b26uae186209ac484780@mail.gmail.com> <4727F13F.1030607@samsco.org> <20071031081638.GA13564@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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--MXxcbiX/Q4+iy5U7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 01:16:39AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >For what it's worth, I agree with Scott. I'd rather see a new and >separate driver (presumably igb(4)) than a "hacked up" em(4) driver >trying to handle tons of IC revisions. A good example of the insanity >the latter causes is nve(4) vs. nfe(4). :-) <metoo>A separate driver is probably cleaner.</metoo> I'll just make the comment that if a separate driver is written, there needs to be a clear way for an end user to identify what driver is needed/preferred for his chipset. We already have cases like re(4)/rl(4) and sym(4)/ncr(4) where some chips are supported by two drivers - though generally only one driver fully supports the chip. This sort of thing is confusing for end users. --=20 Peter --MXxcbiX/Q4+iy5U7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHKGqv/opHv/APuIcRArIoAJoCNSMbMIwqTKH+lEbbrb5sC1PjZwCglsd7 HrZHfgxfPlO7uBKfY4e1XkI= =8p9Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MXxcbiX/Q4+iy5U7--
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