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<local.mail.freebsd-hackers/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you
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>> > I'll look into the Linux driver, however, and see if it has anything
>> > useful in it. Historically the Linux Pro/100+ driver has totally sucked and
>> > was chalk-full of magic numbers being anded and ored.
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>>That's "chock full", and you're confusing the Becker driver (bad) with
>>the Intel-supplied driver (slightly less bad).
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>The intel driver seems to cover all the bases and has some nice glue
>routines for determining the part and features available.
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>I havent tested it under load, but I wonder if intel would consider
>supporting it if someone ported it over to freebsd? they have drivers for
>just about every other major OS except BSD. it would be nice if the driver
>was updated BEFORE cards and MBs that dont work started showing up on the
>loading dock. Every time I get a shipment we have to hold our breath until
>we try one out.
The documentation is available, if you want to (or have to) sign an
NDA. People who have the NDA documentation are perfectly capable of
writing a driver, although the source can't be released. It would
probably be possible to release a binary driver, but why do anything
to help Intel, given their unhelpful attitude?
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Jonathan
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