From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 17:00:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E03616A4D5 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:00:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dastardly.newsbastards.org.72.27.172.IN-addr.ARPA.NOSPAM.dyndns.dk (84-72-24-102.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.72.24.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E9B143D48 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:00:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bounce@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk) Received: from Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK (ipv6.NOSPAM.dyndns.dk [2002:5448:1866:0:20e:2eff:fe06:2376]) (8.11.6/8.11.6-SPAMMERS-DeLiGHt) with ESMTP id iB5H0Yx23875 verified NO) for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 18:00:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from bounce@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk) Received: (from beer@localhost) by Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK (8.11.6/FNORD) id iB5H0Xl23874; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 18:00:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from bounce@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 18:00:33 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200412051700.iB5H0Xl23874@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.newsbastards.org.72.27.172.IN-addr.A: beer set sender to bounce@NOSPAM.dyndns.dk using -f X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.newsbastards.org.72.27.172.IN-addr.A: Processed from queue /tmp X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.newsbastards.org.72.27.172.IN-addr.A: Processed by beer with -C /etc/mail/sendmail.cf-LOCAL From: Barry Bouwsma To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: if_re for 4.11? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 17:00:49 -0000 [if you need to reply and don't have IPv6 mail ability, drop just the hostname above; else drop me and I'll catch up from the list archive] Moin, Are there any plans to add the if_re Realtek gigabit ethernet driver, present in 5.x, -current, NetBSD, DragonFly, and OpenBSD, to FreeBSD 4.11? I have a driver based on -current that compiles and seems to mostly work, over which I'm sending this, and if nobody else has this up their sleeve, I can clean up my source, do more testing, and make it available for download and testing. (Unless such support is already present, like in if_rl or something) I suspect cards with these chipsets are getting fairly common... My driver seems to work fine connected at 10Mbit/sec; it will connect at 100Mbit/sec when set to `autoselect', but when forced to 100Mbit media, regardless of mediaopt, I can't detect a carrier; and I don't have a second gigabit card/hardware to test that speed, although with such a card costing as much as the deposit from two empty cases of beer, I'd better start drinking to properly test it. I haven't verified that NetBSD operates better. Also, I've got a driver for the USB(2) fast ethernet adapter in if_axe, that should probably suffer some more testing, mentioned in the freebsd-usb@ mailing list, for 4.x, if anyone has that hardware and would like to test it out for inclusion into 4.11 . The issues I know about are mentioned on that list, and such an adapter should set one back three empty cases of beer these days (and in my location; more drinking may be needed elsewhere) thanks, barry bouwsma