Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:44:34 +0100 From: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> To: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: Tom Judge <tom@tomjudge.com>, Gergely CZUCZY <phoemix@harmless.hu>, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intel drivers vs. freebsd drivers Message-ID: <0EA610B6-B487-448E-9B39-D74A891903E8@patpro.net> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0712211400n4f43fa5br673ff9a68c163717@mail.gmail.com> References: <66621B3A-7879-4DE8-B4D5-5A46B91BAC5E@patpro.net> <20071221090352.GA6040@harmless.hu> <1777A05B-B3E8-42A6-BC88-E5DA2DBB650C@patpro.net> <476B9388.8000900@tomjudge.com> <2a41acea0712211400n4f43fa5br673ff9a68c163717@mail.gmail.com>
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On 21 d=E9c. 2007, at 23:00, Jack Vogel wrote: >> Jack Vogel (cc'd) is the Intel developer that maintains the FreeBSD >> drivers. He should be able to shed more light on this question. thanks Tom > I don't know what uses the mii code but my drivers dont :) ok, it's probably not related. I've found it with a `locate e1000` I've just tried a `locate /em` with much more success. > As for the Intel published version, its my same code but there tends > to be some varations due to the time involved in the machinery > within Intel to release something. > > A couple years ago there was a pretty big gap between the > FreeBSD CVS code and the Intel, but since I took this job > I have been working hard to bring the two as close together > as possible. > > For instance, right now the latest driver for 6.3 or 7.0 is > newer than that 6.6.6 driver. I'm very pleased to read that! > BTW, I'm on vacation (home reading, relaxing, and playing > a lot of bass) so other than email don't expect anything from > me til 1/7 :) thanks a lot, and enjoy your vacation. patpro=
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