Re: Gigabit Intel NIC? - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Pro/1000T

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:58:21 +0100 (BST)


> I know, jumping in at this late-stage is bad form... but if we're talking
> about the Intel 82543GC Gigabit MAC, why doesn't someone just use the
> FreeBSD if_wx.c driver as a starting point?

Intel have released a BSD like licensed gig-E driver for Linux. It needs a
serious cleanup but the hardware interface is very very clean so that is a
doable job. There are some patent related licensing issues but the discussion
on resolving that and getting them into the kernel does look promising
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