From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 8 00:26:14 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C989A16A403 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:26:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=2e20b64af08595d360e499f0001c227c5f9b4c16=208=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B25FA13C441 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:26:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=2e20b64af08595d360e499f0001c227c5f9b4c16=208=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id NBV97828; Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:13:28 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id B41C645055; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:13:28 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: "Jack Vogel" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:09:57 PST." <2a41acea0701071209k38546dafsdcad92f08673a0d8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1168215208_88367P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:13:28 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20070108001328.B41C645055@ptavv.es.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, "O. Hartmann" Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 PT Desktop NIC, PCIe 1x supported in FreeBSD 6.2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:26:14 -0000 --==_Exmh_1168215208_88367P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 1/7/07,"Jack Vogel" wrote: > Yes, all released Intel PCI-E wired NICs are supported, sometimes not all > features of the hardware are supported, but my job at Intel is to keep > the driver > working with new hardware, and to add support for features that don't have > such now. And my sincere thanks to both Intel and you for the efforts to make Intel wired Ethernet devices work well with FreeBSD. Now, it someone could just explain why Intel is so good about this are of OSS support but still refuses to even discuss issues with OSS support for wireless cards. Ah, well. Intel still does far batter than many hardware suppliers, in no small part due to Jack's efforts. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1168215208_88367P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFFoYyokn3rs5h7N1ERAt7/AJ4+Brr2ZVkZM1rDtp5i1mu6wPAhQgCeJPhB zKEOZj2ZXSBzehEFzCTsuws= =ZKKq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1168215208_88367P--