1. Introduction 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: NetXen 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: Author: Lucy Wang 1.3 Date of This Document: 21 Jan, 2008 4. Technical Description This project is to integrate the driver for NetXen NX2031/NX2035 chipset into ON. This driver is important as it is adopted by the server platforms of IBM and HP. NetXen has software license agreement with Sun to allow Sun integrate this driver and distribute the software in both source and binary object code forms. According to the SLA, Sun has the right to make modification to the source code and distribute the modified driver in open source and binary forms. It is based on gldv3/nemo and mac_type plugin. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NAME | STABILITY LABEL | DESCRIPTION | +------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------+ | Interfaces Exported | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | ntxn | Committed | Driver name | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------| | SUNWntxn | Committed | Package name | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Interfaces Imported | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------| | Gldv3/Nemo | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2004/571 | | | | PSARC/2005/396 | |------------------------+-----------------------+-----------------| | Nemo MAC-Type Plugin | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2006/406 | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ 6. Resources and Schedule 6.4. Steering Committee requested information 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: ON 6.4.4. Project Boundary Conditions: Currently this driver works only on x86 platform. Both 32bit and 64bit mode are supported. The support of SPARC platform will be added later. 6.5. ARC review type: self-approval