Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:20:56 +0000 From: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com> To: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> Cc: Gergely CZUCZY <phoemix@harmless.hu>, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: intel drivers vs. freebsd drivers Message-ID: <476B9388.8000900@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <1777A05B-B3E8-42A6-BC88-E5DA2DBB650C@patpro.net> References: <66621B3A-7879-4DE8-B4D5-5A46B91BAC5E@patpro.net> <20071221090352.GA6040@harmless.hu> <1777A05B-B3E8-42A6-BC88-E5DA2DBB650C@patpro.net>
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Patrick Proniewski wrote: > On 21 déc. 07, at 10:03, Gergely CZUCZY wrote: > >>> I've just discovered that Intel provides some drivers for the Intel >>> PRO/1000 Family on FreeBSD: >>> I was wondering: is there any point in running those drivers instead >>> of the freebsd ones, performance wise of course. > >> AFAIK these are the drivers that can be found in the base system as well. >> Intel's drivers are pretty fine, there's no need to write new ones. > > I've made a quick comparison between /usr/src/sys/dev/mii/e1000phy.c > (freebsd 6.2) and e1000_phy.c (as part of the em-6.6.6.tgz provided by > Intel), and the too files are quite different. > But well, I'm not a developer, and that's probably not significant. > > regards, > patpro Jack Vogel (cc'd) is the Intel developer that maintains the FreeBSD drivers. He should be able to shed more light on this question. Tomhome | help
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