Killer E2500 network driver

[Grzegorz Junka]

On 24/06/2018 22:29, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
>> 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
>

The one listed in my email:

https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/11-STABLE/hardware/support.html

alc(4) isn't listed there.