Killer E2500 network driver

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> On 24/06/2018 17:16, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> This list states that 10-Stable supports Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet
> >> controller:
> >>
> >> https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/10-STABLE/hardware/support.html
> >>
> >> However, similar list for 11-Stable doesn't list that driver:
> >>
> >> https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/11-STABLE/hardware/support.html
> >>
> >> Does it mean that the driver has been removed, and if yes then why?
> > I believe it was a "added" feature in 10 stable, my 11 stable
> > alc(4) man page lists the E2500 as supported.
> >
> >       The alc device driver provides support for the following Ethernet
> >       controllers:
> >
> >       o   Atheros AR8131 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8132 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8151 v1.0 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8151 v2.0 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8152 v1.1 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8152 v2.0 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8161 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8162 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8171 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
> >       o   Atheros AR8172 PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
> >       o   Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet controller
> >       o   Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet controller
> >       o   Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet controller
> >
> 
> Yeah, listing drivers in alc shows support for that card. But the whole 
> alc driver isn't listed on the hardware support page for 11-Stable. So 
> wanted to check if it's an omission or it was removed deliberately.

Which page are you looking at, it needs fixed.

@x230a:/ # ls -lag /boot/kernel/if_alc.ko 
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  84912 Jul 21  2017 /boot/kernel/if_alc.ko
@x230a:/ # uname -UK
1101001 1101001


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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org