Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 16:23:15 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Don Bowman <don@sandvine.com> Cc: 'Andrew Gallatin' <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>, current@FreeBSD.org, net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: new zero copy sockets patches available Message-ID: <3CE6E263.77E337E0@mindspring.com> References: <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C85337676208@mail.sandvine.com>
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Don Bowman wrote: > > Andrew Gallatin writes: > >> Kenneth D. Merry writes: > >> > > >> > I have released a new set of zero copy sockets patches, against > -current > >> > from today (May 17th, 2002). > > > > Hi Ken, > > > > I'm glad to see that you're still maintining this! > > > > Assuming the mutex issues get sorted out, what do you think the odds > > are of getting this into the tree? The only possible issue I see is > > with the tigon firmware. Is the firmware you're using of the same > > vintage as what's in the tree now? Does it contain all the same > > fixes? > > As a related question, will this work with the broadcom gigabit (bge) > driver, which is the Tigon III? If not, what would it take to get > it working? Broadcom is a bit more anal about people having access to their firmware to make their products meet their design capabilities. Really annoying about the whole Broadcom/Alteon thing... To do the work, you'd have to do it on your own, after licensing the firmware, after signing an NDA. Unlike the rather public Tigon II firmware, the Tigon III doesn't have a lot of synergy or interesting work going for it. Most people doing interesting work tend to use Tigon II cards, because of this. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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