• [VOICENWS] Drivers: New MultiMac drivers E1000E, NVETH, and R1869 re

    From VOICE News Service@1:3634/1000 to All on Saturday, April 28, 2012 16:15:45

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    From: davidDESPAM@DESPAM88watts.net

    E1000E
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    Recompiled due to MultiMac project restructuring

    Hardware is now checked at initialization time so the driver will not load if valid harware is not present.

    New more efficient ring buffer allocation routines.

    Added logging functionality

    Added tracing functionality.

    Added Promiscuous mode capability.

    Now a Warpin package.


    NVETH
    -----------

    Recompiled due to MultiMac project restructuring

    Hardware is now checked at initialization time so the driver will not load if valid harware is not present.

    New more efficient ring buffer allocation routines.

    Added logging functionality

    Added tracing functionality.

    Now a Warpin package.


    R8169
    ---------

    Recompiled due to MultiMac project restructuring

    Hardware is now checked at initialization time so the driver will not load if valid harware is not present.

    New more efficient ring buffer allocation routines.

    Added logging functionality

    Added tracing functionality.

    Added Promiscuous mode capability.

    Updated to the current Linux source level which adds support for 9 new hardware
    configurations.

    Now a Warpin package.


    David Azarewicz
    http://www.88watts.net
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