From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 15:19:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E033CD55; Tue, 20 May 2014 15:19:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "vps1.elischer.org", Issuer "CA Cert Signing Authority" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE34F201F; Tue, 20 May 2014 15:19:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Julian-MBP3.local (ppp121-45-232-70.lns20.per1.internode.on.net [121.45.232.70]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s4KFJE2I063757 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 20 May 2014 08:19:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <537B726C.1080000@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 23:19:08 +0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rui Paulo Subject: Re: svn commit: r266423 - in head/sys: conf dev/i40e modules/i40e References: <201405190121.s4J1L3qA068339@svn.freebsd.org> <53796149.8060000@freebsd.org> <537B714A.5080500@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <537B714A.5080500@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jack F Vogel , svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 15:19:21 -0000 On 5/20/14, 11:14 PM, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 5/20/14, 1:50 AM, Rui Paulo wrote: >> On 18 May 2014, at 18:41, Julian Elischer wrote: >> >>> On 5/19/14, 9:21 AM, Jack F Vogel wrote: >>>> Author: jfv >>>> Date: Mon May 19 01:21:02 2014 >>>> New Revision: 266423 >>>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/266423 >>>> >>>> Log: >>>> This is the beta release of the driver for the new >>>> Intel 40G Ethernet Controller XL710 Family. This is >>>> the core driver, a VF driver called i40evf, will be >>>> following soon. Questions or comments to myself or >>>> my co-developer Eric Joyner. Cheers! >>> love the name.. >> Aesthetics aside, I think the name should be changed. Network >> drivers always used [a-z] for name and [0-9] for unit. Can you >> find an example where this is not true? > > I just meant the XL (Roman Numeral 40) part.. sorry to have caused this fuss jsut because I like the use of the common "XL" name to (in this case) hint at 40. the device name in netstat could be ixlgNNN (intel 40gig) even if the device is aimed at the 710 (and later 720 etc..) >> >> -- >> Rui Paulo >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > >