PSARC 2007/611 Intel 10GbE PCIE NIC Driver

[James Carlson]

Cecilia Hu writes:
> I am sponsoring this case for Samuel Tu.  This case is to provide
> a new NIC driver, ixge(7D), for Intel 10GbE PCI Express Adapter.
> The requested releas binding is micro/patch.
> 
> I-team consider it is better to archive this driver in PSARC, while
> the architecture is straight forwarding and the interface is
> clear, I am marking it as "closed approved automatic."

Can you explain how this project relates to PSARC 2004/824?  That case
also aimed to deliver a driver by the name "ixge" for Intel 10Gb
Ethernet interfaces.

Is this case a duplicate?  Does it supersede or obsolete the previous
one?  (I had thought that the earlier project had shipped even though
ARC review never completed -- I've heard from customers using it.)

>      Intel has software license agreement with Sun to allow Sun integrate
>      this driver and distribute the software in both source, and binary
>      object code forms. This SLA also grants Sun the right to make
>      modification to the source code and distribute the modified driver
>      in open source and binary forms.

Not an ARC issue, but I hope these agreements are being reviewed by
the OpenSolaris team.  An agreement that allows only Sun to make
changes or redistribute would be problematic and might require
additional infrastructure work.

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