Thanks for your reply Don. I still haven't found much info on flashing the FW in the data sheet but I'll keep looking. Please send them my way if you have any pointers that may be helpful.
James -----Original Message----- From: Skidmore, Donald C [mailto:donald.c.skidm...@intel.com] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:16 PM To: Skidmore, Donald C; Loo, James; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: regarding ixgbe and igb drivers Someone just pointed out a rather big typo I made. I meant to say "not exactly the same" instead of "exactly the same". Rather big difference there. :) Sorry, -Don >-----Original Message----- >From: Skidmore, Donald C >Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:06 PM >To: 'Loo, James'; e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: RE: regarding ixgbe and igb drivers > >Hi James, > >The drivers on source forge are exactly the same as the drivers included >in the kernel. The major difference being the source forge drivers have >kcompat code and thus should work on older kernels back to the 2.4 time >frame. While a driver in a given kernel will only be intended to work >for that given kernel. If you want to get close you could look at the >version number of the driver in 2.6.37 (I don't remember it off the top >of my head) and find a close version on Source Forge. > >As for the spec sheets they are all on Source forge too. > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/ > >For ixgbe you would want ether the 82598 and 82599 Manual's as those are >the devices that are supported. > >Thanks, >Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidm...@intel.com> > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Loo, James [mailto:james....@netapp.com] >>Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:48 PM >>To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>Subject: [E1000-devel] regarding ixgbe and igb drivers >> >>Hello, >> >> >> >>My name is James Loo from NetApp. I'm working with ixgbe and igb >drivers >>that came with 2.6.37. I'd like to add 'flash_device' ethtool_ops to >>these drivers and wondering why it was not implemented. Is this feature >>not needed or supported by the HW? I would appreciate any info, tips, >>and technical references in the datasheets to help me get started. >> >> >> >>Thank you >> >>James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
