From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Sun Jun 24 19:27:52 2018 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 477DD100A51E for <freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:27:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list1@gjunka.com) Received: from msa1.earth.yoonka.com (yoonka.com [88.98.225.149]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "msa1.earth.yoonka.com", Issuer "msa1.earth.yoonka.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BEDA473C32 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:27:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from list1@gjunka.com) Received: from crayon2.yoonka.com (crayon2.yoonka.com [10.70.7.20]) (authenticated bits=0) by msa1.earth.yoonka.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id w5OJRoiL055811 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:27:50 GMT (envelope-from list1@gjunka.com) Subject: Re: Killer E2500 network driver To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <201806241716.w5OHGT8H094860@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> From: Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> Message-ID: <3268208d-46a2-d090-9855-31c1f04c93ec@gjunka.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:27:50 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201806241716.w5OHGT8H094860@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-GB-large X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD <freebsd-net.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/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: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>, <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:27:52 -0000 On 24/06/2018 17:16, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> This list states that 10-Stable supports Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet >> controller: >> >> https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/10-STABLE/hardware/support.html >> >> However, similar list for 11-Stable doesn't list that driver: >> >> https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/11-STABLE/hardware/support.html >> >> Does it mean that the driver has been removed, and if yes then why? > I believe it was a "added" feature in 10 stable, my 11 stable > alc(4) man page lists the E2500 as supported. > > The alc device driver provides support for the following Ethernet > controllers: > > o Atheros AR8131 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8132 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8151 v1.0 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8151 v2.0 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8152 v1.1 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8152 v2.0 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8161 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8162 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8171 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller > o Atheros AR8172 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller > o Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet controller > o Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet controller > o Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet controller > Yeah, listing drivers in alc shows support for that card. But the whole alc driver isn't listed on the hardware support page for 11-Stable. So wanted to check if it's an omission or it was removed deliberately.