From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 16:08:51 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 1B833335; Tue, 20 May 2014 16:08:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x233.google.com (mail-vc0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 82FD524FB; Tue, 20 May 2014 16:08:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id im17so896118vcb.38 for ; Tue, 20 May 2014 09:08:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=jJQRl4D6q4IvOm7dJfaxt6mZnmTBMt81oSHqEWjBJyM=; b=KorNt60dXr7WKGMgt64zlwGh9hWnkIn6/FDDfJbAlx6g8RJ5OTngjA/R/8eZI6gIk+ vKQ2wsVJGUAkoj8a/ates2zFRmWZHjbLU9GnVXQM0LD9ayTgdSny79l2lBfWWRS4FlU3 neI7fQ0y+knMh/J4bNLUSd1Rm1916ygq0HadeVXnYGYBOcKpnwZUSopTFY00fAz4WOSp tNf+6/ejtprAFCKvJGgBxZOVhKtTvz+VJxbu96W7lZks0nSYI7sSboUqNPgh4WebwLXP zoNoQA3w1ztG+UwJBJ9zXyC4W3WtAr1+xwTi55WEyd0nWb5o9XuboqobhlQn6iqgUimw Z0HA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.81.194 with SMTP id y2mr4663588vck.29.1400602129670; Tue, 20 May 2014 09:08:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.221.5.74 with HTTP; Tue, 20 May 2014 09:08:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140521014355.V3433@besplex.bde.org> References: <201405190121.s4J1L3qA068339@svn.freebsd.org> <53796149.8060000@freebsd.org> <537B714A.5080500@freebsd.org> <537B726C.1080000@freebsd.org> <20140521014355.V3433@besplex.bde.org> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 09:08:49 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r266423 - in head/sys: conf dev/i40e modules/i40e From: Jack Vogel To: Bruce Evans Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18 Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" , Rui Paulo , Jack F Vogel , Julian Elischer 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 16:08:51 -0000 If you don't like the name there's this wonderful feature of ifconfig ifconfig i40e0 name eth0 (or whatever pleases you...) Oh and Bruce, I did run into the string length issue, so with this driver the queues are all named 'q%d', I might go back and change the earlier drivers. I found the 'too long' strings caused some really weird behavior with vmstat once you had 32 queues, btw. Jack On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Tue, 20 May 2014, Julian Elischer wrote: > > 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..) >> > > Then the correct name is xlN, but unfortunately ;) wpaul already used up > most > of the 2-letter namespace (xl went in 1998). ixl would be OK. > > Bruce >