Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:30:06 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: hlecuanda@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(4) support for 82573 1000/PRO nic on 5.x [was: Re: em on 5.x] Message-ID: <200509211530.06936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <d11141ae050920135369c05964@mail.gmail.com> References: <d11141ae05092010555bdeaa6@mail.gmail.com> <200509201441.21121.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <d11141ae050920135369c05964@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 20 September 2005 04:53 pm, Hector Lecuanda wrote: > On 9/20/05, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 September 2005 01:55 pm, Hector Lecuanda wrote: > > > I have an Intel 82573 1000/PRO nic. I've seen that the 4.x branch > > > supports this device, but 5.x does not. > > > > > > Is support for this device to be included in the near future? > > > who can I contact regarding patches to make it work? > > > > Erm, the em(4) driver is in 5.x. Also, this mailing list is more for > > questions about writing device drivers. For more general questions try > > either the questions@ or stable@ mailing lists. > > > > -- > > John: > > Thank you, i will redirect my query to the appropriate mailing list. > > Perhaps i should have explained that the em(4) driver in 4.x does > include support for the Intel 82573 1000/PRO nic; while the one in 5.x > does not. =( > > Is it planned to merge the work on 4.x to 5.x and HEAD? > i tried to recompile the kernel with the 4.x sources for the em(4) > driver, but obviously a lot has changed in the kernel, and as luck > would have it, my attempt did not yield any success. > > Who would be the person to contact regarding this driver? Hmm, you can try asking on stable@ or current@ perhaps. I'm not sure who the correct person to talk to about em(4) is these days. I believe it is ackerman@FreeBSD.org. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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