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Date:      Thu, 31 Jan 2019 07:09:56 -0800
From:      Matthew Macy <mmacy@freebsd.org>
To:        Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk@inoc.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: igb now em driver in FreeBSD 12.0
Message-ID:  <CAPrugNqh4SQJYKOu7eWcWuFXH468B6zGHrYb3MC3_wY0t6kkcg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <118b7a2c-f386-0d84-684f-7f8de99c85bf@inoc.net>
References:  <118b7a2c-f386-0d84-684f-7f8de99c85bf@inoc.net>

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They show up as igb. The only POLA violation is that for users of modules
there is now no if_igb.ko so configuring an igb interface doesn't
automatically load the (em) module.

On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 07:04 Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk@inoc.net> wrote:

> Reading the release notes, the igb driver has been merged into the Intel
> em driver so that should be added to custom kernels. No problem.
>
> Question is, when the system reboots, are the NIC devices going to come
> up with "emX" now or will they remain "igbX" ?
>
> Kind of important to know on remote upgrading a server...
>
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