Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:12:33 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: vrwmiller@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ascertaining NIC Driver Version Message-ID: <19751.26017.786985.199702@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <DF3CD99C-976C-4BB4-8CE4-54166D0A0C3A@mac.com> References: <20cf30564501675f1c049945dc9c@google.com> <DF3CD99C-976C-4BB4-8CE4-54166D0A0C3A@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger writes: > > Is there a command line utility, a la ethtool or the like, that > > can be used to query the NIC driver version? > > "uname -a" is probably the most general answer, as most FreeBSD > NIC drivers don't have individualized version #s, aside from the > OS version itself. That is not my understanding. To the OP: FreeBSD NIC drivers can and do have version numbers: huff@>> grep \$FreeBSD /sys/dev/e1000/if_em.c /*$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/e1000/if_em.c,v 1.64 2010/12/04 06:38:21 jfv Exp $*/ The system in question: FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Oct 23 08:15:53 EDT 2010 amd64 Obviously, the driver and OS version have nothing to do with each other. And the FreeBSD driver version will probably have nothing to do with any other driver version, especially one provided by the manufacturer. Robert Huff
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