On Fri, 2015-11-06 at 18:35 +0100, Clément Hermann wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: "Clément Hermann" <nodens@nodens.org> > > * Package name : igb > Version : 5.3.3.2 > Upstream Author : Intel Corporation > * URL : http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/ > * License : GPL-2 > Programming Lang: C > Description : dkms source for the igb network driver > > igb is the Linux device driver released for Intel 82575/6, 82580, I350, and > I210/211-based network interfaces. > . > This driver uses the same base as the igb module included in the Linux kernel, > with added features such as advanced multiqueue control (RSS), interrupts > throttle management, Large Receive Offload (LRO) and Low Latency Interrupts > (LLI). > . > Only use this driver if you need these specific features. [...] This description is inaccurate; two of the four features mentioned actually are included in the in-tree driver. And I don't think there'a anything stopping Intel's maintainers from adding the remaining features to the in-tree driver. The justification for adding an alternate version of the driver seems quite weak. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Unix is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody.
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