Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-23 Thread Daniel Braniss
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall > > not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? > > No specific reason for these two: > > > - if_cxgb > > - if_cxgbe > > But I do prefer to

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-23 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Quoting Scott Long (from Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:42:39 -0700): On Feb 22, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote: Quoting Scott Long (from Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:45:04 -0700): On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote: Hi, is there a specific reason that the following NICs

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-22 Thread Scott Long
On Feb 22, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Scott Long (from Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:45:04 -0700): > >> On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall not >>> be) in GENERIC (at

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-22 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Quoting Marius Strobl (from Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:42:52 +0100): On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:40PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: Hi, is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-22 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Quoting Navdeep Parhar (from Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:55:40 +): On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 05:44:01PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: On Feb 21, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> Hi, >> >> is there a specific reason that

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-22 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Quoting Scott Long (from Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:45:04 -0700): On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote: Hi, is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only?

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-21 Thread Navdeep Parhar
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 05:44:01PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall > >> not be) in

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-21 Thread YongHyeon PYUN
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Hi, > > is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall > not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? > - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only? > - if_cxgb > - if_cxgbe Last time I t

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-21 Thread Scott Long
On Feb 21, 2012, at 10:51 AM, Navdeep Parhar wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> Hi, >> >> is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall >> not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? > > No specific reason for these two: > >> -

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-21 Thread Scott Long
On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Hi, > > is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall not be) > in GENERIC (at least on i386)? > - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only? > - if_gem: is compiled as a module, Apple/Sun, non-x8

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-21 Thread Navdeep Parhar
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Hi, > > is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall > not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? No specific reason for these two: > - if_cxgb > - if_cxgbe But I do prefer to load them as modules (an

Re: NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-21 Thread Andrew Gallatin
On 02/21/12 09:56, Alexander Leidinger wrote: Hi, is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? <> - if_mxge <> Speaking for mxge, it requires the better part of 1MB worth of firmware files, and it is a rather uncommon

NICs not in GENERIC

2012-02-21 Thread Alexander Leidinger
Hi, is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)? - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only? - if_cxgb - if_cxgbe - if_gem: is compiled as a module, Apple/Sun, non-x86 only? - if_hme: is compiled as a module