> -----Original Message----- > From: Tal Abudi [mailto:talab...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 6:41 AM > To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [E1000-devel] Differences between out of tree and RH drivers > > Hi > I have a fairly basic question. > What are the key differences between out of tree (sourceforge) and in-tree > drivers (Rehat 7.2) ? > I'm asking about igb/ixgbe/i40e driver. > > -- > Best regards, > Tal Abudi
Hey Tal Abudi, The drivers you find in Redhat start as kernel.org drivers from whatever version of the kernel RH started with. They (RH) then back ports fixes and new product enablement as time goes on for the subsequent releases. So it ends up being a modified kernel.org driver. Now the major difference between the OoT (sourceforge) driver and the in kernel (and thus indirectly RH drivers) is that the OoT driver has kcompat code. This code allows the driver to be built on a wide range of kernel versions. The kernel.org and RH drivers are only made to work on the kernel version they come with. We try to keep the drivers as similar as possible but there are differences and some drivers are much closer (i40e) than others (ixgbe). Thanks, -Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidm...@intel.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports.http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev _______________________________________________ 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
