From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 31 21:20:29 2005 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 677CF16A4D1 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:20:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from handler7.mail.rice.edu (handler7.mail.rice.edu [128.42.58.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0178E43D54 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:20:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willmann@rice.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by handler7.mail.rice.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id 55FFA1DB12 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:20:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by handler7.mail.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D6331DB10 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:20:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from handler7.mail.rice.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (handler7.mail.rice.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11414-09 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:20:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from [10.249.249.247] (dunwlessnat.rice.edu [128.42.64.251]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by handler7.mail.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 998891DB05 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:20:24 -0600 (CST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) In-Reply-To: <20050329163246.GF87756@unixpages.org> References: <4b42090824704fe104ed6be2304f3b15@rice.edu> <20050329163246.GF87756@unixpages.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <3aec47f347fda81b54eac63da15d30c3@rice.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Paul Willmann <willmann@rice.edu> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:20:22 -0600 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavis-20030616-p6 at mail.rice.edu X-DCC--Metrics: handler7.mail.rice.edu 1066; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 Subject: Re: Plan to remove GIANT dependence in ixgb driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD <freebsd-net.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>, <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-net@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>, <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:20:29 -0000 On Mar 29, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Christian Brueffer wrote: > Great, finally someone with ixgb hardware :-) Would you be interested > in testing out some patches? (altq support and per-interface polling) I would be willing to do this sometime given enough warning. Like most people, I've got other stuff that needs doing, too. :) But, if given warning and a clear specification of what needs testing, sure, I would not mind at all. --Paul