From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 19:24:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E673106566B for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 19:24:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout022.mac.com (asmtpout022.mac.com [17.148.16.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 344FA8FC12 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2011 19:24:04 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from [17.151.99.224] by asmtp022.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LEO005ZX377O500@asmtp022.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:23:32 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-01-07_09:2011-01-07, 2011-01-07, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1010190000 definitions=main-1101070067 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <19751.26017.786985.199702@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:23:31 -0800 Message-id: References: <20cf30564501675f1c049945dc9c@google.com> <19751.26017.786985.199702@jerusalem.litteratus.org> To: Robert Huff X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: vrwmiller@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ascertaining NIC Driver Version X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:24:04 -0000 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