Re: ixg(4) and Intel X540?

[Masanobu SAITOH <msaitoh%execsw.org@localhost>]

 Hi, all.

On 2015/02/23 0:47, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <20150222144122212387.088721f8%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>,
> Hauke Fath  <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost> wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 07:38:16 -0800 (PST), Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
>>> I would suggest suggest sending the card to someone who volunteered to
>>> look at the driver (like msaitoh) but doesn't have the hardware.
>>
>> That might be difficult; the NICs weren't cheap, and we're talking
>> about state property here.

 For 1G, it's ok for me to buy by myself, but for 10G it's too expensive
as you said :)


> On Fri, 20 Feb 2015, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 20,  8:00pm, hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost (Hauke Fath) wrote:
>> -- Subject: Re: ixg(4) and Intel X540?
>>
>> | On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:53:00 +0000 (UTC), Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> | > Or he could try to merge the diffs from FreeBSD, the code was similar
>> | > last time I checked.
>> |
>> | Well, if this hadn't been intimidating enough...
>>
>> I don't think it is as bad as it looks
> 
> No, that's BETTER. That means less delta between the FreeBSD and NetBSD
> driver.
> 
> -- 
> Hisashi T Fujinaka - htodd%twofifty.com@localhost
> BSEE + BSChem + BAEnglish + MSCS + $2.50 = coffee 

 Yes. dyoung@ ported the driver to make the delta small. It's not bad.
The problem is that no one have maintained the driver for your years...

 I have no my own Intel 10G card. A few months ago, I borrowed an 82598(old!)
card.

>> I could set up a development machine or two with root access and serial
>> console, though.
> 
> That would work.
> 
> christos
> 


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