Furthermore, nge is now open source, so folks can feel free to offer up
suggested patches to improve nge's support for other chips!
-- Garrett
Alan DuBoff wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007, Mads Toftum wrote:
>
>
>> Any chance of getting the nfo driver in as well? There's still some
>> chipsets (mcp61 at least) that doesn't work with the nge driver even if
>> they are detected (tested up to sxce 77).
>>
>
> I need to look at this and figure out where exactly the lines are drawn
> between the nfo and the nge. It seems the nge would handle some of the
> devices that the nfo does, in that the nfo does handle some gige adapters
> with a 10/100 PHY.
>
> My gut tells me that the nge needs to be updated to support the same
> devices as the nfo.
>
> Maybe Masa has an idea about the nfo vs. nge. I know there are devices
> that will load the nge, but the network doesn't seem to function
> correctly, and many of those will be able to use the nfo successfully.
>
> If there are devices that are not supported by the nge that should be,
> RFE/bugs should be filed against it so the support can be added.
>
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>
> Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group
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