Date: 23 Nov 2005 09:37:15 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Lawrence F. Ross" <ross.larry@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Marvell Yukon Kernel Driver for 6.0 Message-ID: <44zmnv5t2c.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4383915d.11faae52.3c98.ffff861c@mx.gmail.com> References: <4383915d.11faae52.3c98.ffff861c@mx.gmail.com>
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"Lawrence F. Ross" <ross.larry@gmail.com> writes: > I've got a system with 4 Marvell Yukon 8053 based NICs I am constructing as > a bridging firewall. While Marvell does have a driver for BSD 5.4 which > works just fine, 5.4 has lousy bridging support (especially when using pf as > your packet filter) So I was wondering, with so many of these Marvell based > adapters in the market right now are there any plans on integrating driver > support for them into 6.0? Probably not; last I heard, the manufacturer was refusing to divulge enough information for an open-source driver to be written at all. You'll need to pressure them to do that. Or at least to keep up with new FreeBSD releases. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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