From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Mon Jun 25 21:08:05 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1B12101FA7A for ; Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:08:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [96.47.72.132]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 560DD8E0DA; Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:08:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from FreeBSD.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6074::16:84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1A85D1B0FD; Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:08:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 21:08:03 +0000 From: Glen Barber To: Grzegorz Junka Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Killer E2500 network driver Message-ID: <20180625210803.GF51569@FreeBSD.org> References: <201806251431.w5PEVrZl098861@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <20180625150015.GC51569@FreeBSD.org> <5d37763f-5cd1-ca42-e1f9-18e4804845ae@gjunka.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3yNHWXBV/QO9xKNm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5d37763f-5cd1-ca42-e1f9-18e4804845ae@gjunka.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 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, 25 Jun 2018 21:08:05 -0000 --3yNHWXBV/QO9xKNm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. 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