Intel "ICE" Driver Landing For E800 Series Ethernet

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel "ICE" Driver Landing For E800 Series Ethernet

Intel Linux driver developers working on their networking support now have their new ICE driver queued in net-next ahead of the next merge window...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-ICE-Linux-E800-Ethernet

[Redfoxmoon]

But the real question is, will it come with its own embedded backdoor operating system? lmfao

[Danny3]

But the real question is, will it come with its own embedded backdoor operating system? lmfao

I don't know if your joking or now, but I was wondering the same thing since Intel seems to do a lot of spyware features these days.

[Redfoxmoon]

I don't know if your joking or now, but I was wondering the same thing since Intel seems to do a lot of spyware features these days.

I -wish- I was joking.

[gilboa]

Wonder why it hasn't landed in https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000.
Intel usually starts by beta-testing the OSS drivers there, before pushing them upstream.

Looking at the code, it seems to be a cheap multi-port, 2.5/5/10/25/40GbE.
Drivers looks cleaner and leaner than i40e (700 series). No sure if its because the driver is in early stage of development or because its a "cheap" version of the 700 series.

- Gilboa