From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Pawe=B3_Staszewski?= Subject: ixgbe in kernel driver question Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:11:01 +0100 Message-ID: <49832695.7020802@itcare.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Linux Network Development list Return-path: Received: from smtp.iq.pl ([86.111.241.19]:52117 "EHLO smtp.iq.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751525AbZA3QLF (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:11:05 -0500 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.1.10]) (itcare_pstaszewski@[83.4.198.230]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.iq.pl with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 30 Jan 2009 16:11:02 -0000 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I have question about ixgbe in kernel driver compared to ixgbe driver that is on sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42302&package_id=247088 What is difference between this drivers ? and does driver in kernel 2.6.28.2 ixgbe: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver - version 1.3.30-k2 ixgbe: Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Intel Corporation. ixgbe 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 is this driver closest version to : http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=611160&group_id=42302 on e1000.sourcerofge ?? Or this driver have different versions releases ? with different changes that are made in kernel tree network drivers because i have problems with in kernel ixgbe drivers that i can compare to some fixes that are made in: 1.3.31.5 driver on e1000 site http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=611160&group_id=42302 i think about this fix: cpu utilization fix for MSI and legacy interrupts in kernels with CONFIG_NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE enabled but default (non multiqueue) aware qdisc loaded