Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:23:31 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: vrwmiller@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ascertaining NIC Driver Version Message-ID: <E5EA6FD4-8345-4109-B228-09E1D6BF6BF5@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <19751.26017.786985.199702@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20cf30564501675f1c049945dc9c@google.com> <DF3CD99C-976C-4BB4-8CE4-54166D0A0C3A@mac.com> <19751.26017.786985.199702@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Jan 7, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Robert Huff wrote: >> "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 $*/ Um, that's the CVS revision number for that particular file. It should be obvious that it has nothing whatsoever to do with a human-assigned driver version #, if one even exists, such as em "v6.9.21" for: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=839&DwnldID=17509&ProductFamily=Network+Connectivity&ProductLine=Intel%C2%AE+Server+Adapters&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+PRO%2f1000+F+Server+Adaptereng Regards, -- -Chuck
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