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Date:      Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:08:03 +0000
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Killer E2500 network driver
Message-ID:  <20180625210803.GF51569@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <5d37763f-5cd1-ca42-e1f9-18e4804845ae@gjunka.com>
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 08:59:08PM +0000, Grzegorz Junka wrote:
> On 25/06/2018 15:00, Glen Barber wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 07:31:53AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > > On 24/06/2018 22:29, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > > > > On 24/06/2018 17:16, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi All,
> > > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > > This list states that 10-Stable supports Killer E2500 Gigab=
it Ethernet
> > > > > > > > controller:
> > > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/10-STABLE/hardware/support=
=2Ehtml
> > > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > > However, similar list for 11-Stable doesn't list that drive=
r:
> > > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/11-STABLE/hardware/support=
=2Ehtml
> > > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > > > Does it mean that the driver has been removed, and if yes t=
hen why?
> > > > > > > I believe it was a "added" feature in 10 stable, my 11 stable
> > > > > > > alc(4) man page lists the E2500 as supported.
> > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > >         The alc device driver provides support for the follow=
ing Ethernet
> > > > > > >         controllers:
> > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8131 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet contr=
oller
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8132 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controll=
er
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8151 v1.0 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet =
controller
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8151 v2.0 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet =
controller
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8152 v1.1 PCI Express Fast Ethernet con=
troller
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8152 v2.0 PCI Express Fast Ethernet con=
troller
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8161 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet contr=
oller
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8162 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controll=
er
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8171 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet contr=
oller
> > > > > > >         o   Atheros AR8172 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controll=
er
> > > > > > >         o   Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet controller
> > > > > > >         o   Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet controller
> > > > > > >         o   Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet controller
> > > > > > >=20
> > > > > > Yeah, listing drivers in alc shows support for that card. But t=
he whole
> > > > > > alc driver isn't listed on the hardware support page for 11-Sta=
ble. So
> > > > > > wanted to check if it's an omission or it was removed deliberat=
ely.
> > > > > Which page are you looking at, it needs fixed.
> > > > >=20
> > > > > @x230a:/ # ls -lag /boot/kernel/if_alc.ko
> > > > > -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  84912 Jul 21  2017 /boot/kernel/if_alc=
=2Eko
> > > > > @x230a:/ # uname -UK
> > > > > 1101001 1101001
> > > > >=20
> > > > The one listed in my email:
> > > >=20
> > > > https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/11-STABLE/hardware/support.html
> > > >=20
> > > > alc(4) isn't listed there.
> > > Thank you, I should of reread the whole of the message before I
> > > asked you to repeat your self.
> > >=20
> > > I have checked the 11.0R 11.1R release notes at:
> > > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.0R/relnotes.html
> > > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.1R/relnotes.html
> > >=20
> > > and the infact do list alc(4) correctly, so I have sent an internal
> > > mail to Release Engineering so that we can track down why the
> > > release notes at
> > > https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/11-STABLE/hardware/support.html
> > > are not reflecting this.
> > >=20
> > > I suspect this happened in a transition that recently occured
> > > to the repository location that the release notes are stored in/
> > > generated from.
> > >=20
> > For 11.x, no, this is not the case.  That change was only in 12-CURRENT,
> > and was not retroactively applied to stable branches due to a problem
> > that is outstanding with the hardware page generation for 12.
> >=20
> > That said, I'll try to track down where exactly this driver went missing
> > from the hardware page, but it is too late to fix it for the 11.2
> > release.  It can be noted in an errata entry, however, and a link to the
> > 11-STABLE page once it is fixed there.
> >=20
> > Glen
> >=20
> Great, thanks Glen and Rodney. Am I then to understand that this is a
> documentation issue, rather than the actual driver being removed?

That is correct.

Glen


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