Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:30:30 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel gigabit driver Message-ID: <200111290130.fAT1UUO04412@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-hackers/200111290042.fAT0gCA06193@mass.dis.org> References: <local.mail.freebsd-hackers/oppermann@pipeline.ch>
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In article <local.mail.freebsd-hackers/200111290042.fAT0gCA06193@mass.dis.org> you write: >> What happend at Intel? Their driver is even released under the >> BSD license! (and the Linux one under the GPL) > >Many Intel software products are released under a BSD-like license. > >Consider the ACPI CA codebase we use. > >> > The driver will be committed to -CURRENT first and MFC'ed to >> > -STABLE later. >> >> Really? What about the gx driver? > >The 'gx' driver was committed so that Jonathan's code would be on >record, since he'd spent so much time and effort on it. Testing so >far has indicated that the Intel driver is generally superior, but No, sorry. Testing has shown no such thing; the performance of the drivers is equivalent, or even that gx has a slight edge. >The Intel driver will be the preferred driver for these cards. That still is under discussion. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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