ICH9 ethernet part (82566) woes

[Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri]

On 9/21/07, Jack Vogel <jfvogel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/20/07, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor at gsoft.com.au> wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Jack Vogel wrote:
> > > > Failing that.. Any idea how hard it would be to add the ID for this
> > > > controller to the driver in 6.2? (ie does it need magic not present
> > > > in the driver)
> > >
> > > Yes, I suppose its getting to be time to MFC, I had avoided it
> > > because everyone was so happy and quiet :) One thing I was waiting on
> > > was for the TSO code to get MFC'ed first, that would make it possible
> > > to get all the features from HEAD.
> >
> > Understood.
> >
> > > Andre, any cycles to get to that soon?
> > >
> > > What you will be able to do shortly is download the new driver from
> > > Intel, version 6.6.6 (LOL, really :), it has the nice feature of
> >
> > Heh, I look forward to testing Satan's own ethernet driver.. :)
> >
> > > being compilable for either 7 or 6. I just don't think its hit the
> > > website quite yet, any day now. I have been real busy, but I will
> > > begin the work to do an MFC.
> >
> > I had a look but I couldn't find any link to even an old driver (from
> > the page mentioned in the README in /usr/src/sys/dev/em) - can you give
> > me a hint where I'd find something?
>
> http://downloadfinder.intel.com
>
> Then on the side menu pick network connectivity, then server adapter,
> and select an adapter, it shouldnt matter which. Once at that page
> there is a pulldown for OS, select FreeBSD and tada...
>
> I just looked however and the latest on there is from the last release,
> 6.5.6 which is only for 7.  E1000 was not the real focus of this
> release, the new Oplin 10G was, however as I said, 6.6.6 has the
> nice feature of compiling on both OS versions, and it has the support
> you need.
>
> Just give them a week and I think it will be there, maybe I can take
> a break from my other work and get to the MFC.
>
> Jack

I would like to see it in STABLE too.
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-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
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