em(4) support for 82573 1000/PRO nic on 5.x [was: Re: em on 5.x]

[Mike Tancsa]

At 04:53 PM 20/09/2005, Hector Lecuanda wrote:

>Perhaps i should have explained that the em(4) driver in 4.x does
>include support for the Intel 82573 1000/PRO nic; while the one in 5.x
>does not. =(
>
>Is it planned to merge the work on 4.x to 5.x and HEAD?

Hi,
           The driver in RELENG_4 is essentially the same as in HEAD 
and RELENG_6.  Someone backported the changes from the RELENG_6 
version to 5.x and posted a link in the mailling list perhaps a month 
or so ago.  Have a look through the archives for the 
patches.  However, I would suggest you go to RELENG_6 from 5.x.  6.x 
is a bit faster on a number of counts and quite stable on the boxes 
we have it running on.

         ---Mike