src/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf, branch releng/7.3

MFC r197518:

2009-12-13T16:53:06Z

lindev(4) [1] is supposed to be a collection of linux-specific pseudo devices that we also support, just not by default (thus only LINT or module builds by default). While currently there is only "/dev/full" [2], we are planning to see more in the future. We may decide to change the module/dependency logic in the future should the list grow too long. This is not part of linux.ko as also non-linux binaries like kFreeBSD userland or ports can make use of this as well. Suggested by: rwatson [1] (name) Submitted by: ed [2] Discussed with: markm, ed, rwatson, kib (weeks ago) Reviewed by: rwatson, brueffer (prev. version) PR: kern/68961

MFC: 194246, 194904, 194973

2009-09-20T12:08:29Z

Add cas(4), a driver for Sun Cassini/Cassini+ and National Semiconductor DP83065 Saturn Gigabit Ethernet controllers. These are the successors of the Sun GEM controllers and still have a similar but extended transmit logic. As such this driver is based on gem(4). Thanks to marcel@ for providing a Sun Quad GigaSwift Ethernet UTP (QGE) card which was vital for getting this driver to work on architectures not using Open Firmware.

MFC 193880,193887:

2009-06-18T06:03:58Z

r193880: Add alc(4), a driver for Atheros AR8131/AR8132 PCIe ethernet controller. These controllers are also known as L1C(AR8131) and L2C(AR8132) respectively. These controllers resembles the first generation controller L1 but usage of different descriptor format and new register mappings over L1 register space requires a new driver. There are a couple of registers I still don't understand but the driver seems to have no critical issues for performance and stability. Currently alc(4) supports the following hardware features. o MSI o TCP Segmentation offload o Hardware VLAN tag insertion/stripping o Tx/Rx interrupt moderation o Hardware statistics counters(dev.alc.%d.stats) o Jumbo frame o WOL AR8131/AR8132 also supports Tx checksum offloading but I disabled it due to stability issues. I'm not sure this comes from broken sample boards or hardware bugs. If you know your controller works without problems you can still enable it. The controller has a silicon bug for Rx checksum offloading, so the feature was not implemented. I'd like to say big thanks to Atheros. Atheros kindly sent sample boards to me and answered several questions I had. HW donated by: Atheros Communications, Inc. r193887: fix directory name.

MFC r189872 to stable/7:

2009-05-23T17:17:54Z

Chase the k8temp->amdtemp rename in NOTES and loader.conf.

MFC r184870:

2008-11-24T00:52:26Z

Add ale(4), a driver for Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCIe ethernet controller. The controller is also known as L1E(AR8121) and L2E(AR8113/AR8114). Unlike its predecessor Attansic L1, AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 uses completely different Rx logic such that it requires separate driver. Datasheet for AR81xx is not available to open source driver writers but it shares large part of Tx and PHY logic of L1. I still don't understand some part of register meaning and some MAC statistics counters but the driver seems to have no critical issues for performance and stability. The AR81xx requires copy operation to pass received frames to upper stack such that ale(4) consumes a lot of CPU cycles than that of other controller. A couple of silicon bugs also adds more CPU cycles to address the known hardware bug. However, if you have fast CPU you can still saturate the link. Currently ale(4) supports the following hardware features. - MSI. - TCP Segmentation offload. - Hardware VLAN tag insertion/stripping with checksum offload. - Tx TCP/UDP checksum offload and Rx IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload. - Tx/Rx interrupt moderation. - Hardware statistics counters. - Jumbo frame. - WOL. AR81xx PCIe ethernet controllers are mainly found on ASUS EeePC or P5Q series of ASUS motherboards. Special thanks to Jeremy Chadwick who sent the hardware to me. Without his donation writing a driver for AR81xx would never have been possible. Big thanks to all people who reported feedback or tested patches. HW donated by: koitsu Tested by: bsam, Joao Barros gmail DOT com > Jan Henrik Sylvester janh DOT de > Ivan Brawley < ivan <> brawley DOT id DOT au >, CURRENT ML Approved by: re (kib) Note, GENERIC kernel does NOT include ale(4) but users can still kldload it. It was requested by re.

MFC r181297:

2008-08-09T00:30:46Z

Add coretemp(4) and k8temp(4).

MFC r179343.

2008-07-16T01:56:00Z

Add an entry for the jme(4) module.

MFC r179106

2008-07-10T02:36:01Z

Add an entry for the age(4) module.

Mention that autoboot_delay also accepts the "NO" value.

2007-09-26T08:38:25Z

Approved by: re (kensmith)

- Remove UMAP filesystem. It was disconnected from build three years ago,

2007-06-25T05:06:57Z

and it is seriously broken. Discussed on: freebsd-arch@ Approved by: re (mux)