From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 19 01:42:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF7E106564A for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:42:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3BC8FC0A for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:42:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdr11 with SMTP id dr11so9685714wgb.31 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:42:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=tVWKt6RXEMrff2F8Ia+m/fy8osgp90WHaVY28GaQUWw=; b=L2r6/jAjpv51d7dFHQy9xA4prMDnxr2xxVEo2i52meUh9yJISaXWwgsrujlMs8zB+d SydxGatbvcqcfvfCFPJKhEXib4aYj9RbGRi9kLHR4lIbhfF+Pxu0Q31b7az6JMGc+Q0X jim6qFNDZuOvm8iXPUxTYsDqh4Pt/x+CjO/Ko= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.98.138 with SMTP id ei10mr24096638wib.52.1324258935464; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:42:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.92.38 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:42:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:42:15 -0800 Message-ID: From: Jack Vogel To: Kevin Oberman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Tanel Rebane Subject: Re: What is the relationship between Intel and FreeBSD in regards to igb(4)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:42:18 -0000 Kevin is correct :) When it comes to the man pages the problem is that even though we have a docs group internally, they are not really independent, and doing development and support on the drivers keeps me fully occupied.. so the docs tend to lag a bit. If you have specific questions I am lurking about (even when I'm on vacation like right now :)) and am happy to do my best to answer. Happy Holidays! Jack On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Tanel Rebane wrote: > > I'm trying to wrap my head around the igb(4) drivers. As I've understood > > this driver is written by Intel and they distribute it from their > Download > > Center. The driver also seems to be included in the default installation > of > > FreeBSD (yet I can't seem to find anything relevant in src/sys/dev/igb). > > However, when comparing the igb(4) man page (of FreeBSD) and the readme > for > > igb-2.2.3.tar.gz (of Intel) there are differences in supported devices. > > > > Am I right in suspecting that Intel does all the developing in-house and > > then, from time to time, their source gets pushed/synced with the FreeBSD > > source tree? Does that mean that current the man page for igb(4) lists > > fewer supported devices because igb(4) on FreeBSD itself is out of date? > If > > that is the case, how often does FreeBSD pull new versions of igb from > > Intel? > > > > Any input is greatly appreciated, thanks! > > Jack Vogel works for Intel and writes and maintains the em and igb > drivers. He has recently mentioned that the Intel distribution may, on > occasion, lead the version committed to FreeBSD, but they are usually > identical. > > An inconsistency between supported device types is probably an > oversight. Jack as a commit bit and he is the one who updates both > FreeBSD and the Intel distributions. > > Jack posted information on this a week or two ago, but I don't seem to > find it, though I m sure it's in the archive, somewhere and the right > search terms will find it. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >