Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:05:01 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> Cc: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel gigabit driver Message-ID: <20011129020501.55D1C3808@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200111290130.fAT1UUO04412@prism.flugsvamp.com>
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Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> In article <local.mail.freebsd-hackers/200111290042.fAT0gCA06193@mass.dis.org
> you write:
> >> What happend at Intel? Their driver is even released under the
> >> BSD license! (and the Linux one under the GPL)
> >
> >Many Intel software products are released under a BSD-like license.
> >
> >Consider the ACPI CA codebase we use.
> >
> >> > The driver will be committed to -CURRENT first and MFC'ed to
> >> > -STABLE later.
> >>
> >> Really? What about the gx driver?
> >
> >The 'gx' driver was committed so that Jonathan's code would be on
> >record, since he'd spent so much time and effort on it. Testing so
> >far has indicated that the Intel driver is generally superior, but
>
> No, sorry. Testing has shown no such thing; the performance of
> the drivers is equivalent, or even that gx has a slight edge.
Well, the experience on irc.snoogans.org begs to differ. The Intel driver
sustained much higher rates under attack than what it took to make gx fall
over completely.
> >The Intel driver will be the preferred driver for these cards.
>
> That still is under discussion.
More to the point, let the respective drivers stand on their own merits.
There is no need to "decide" for one or the other.
Cheers,
-Peter
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