On 2018-11-09 Intel released driver version 1.10.4 (FreeBSD currently ships 1.9.13). This update might help solve a severe issue causing "Malicious Driver Detection events". https://communities.intel.com/message/594608#594608 https://communities.intel.com/external-link.jspa?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloadcenter.intel.com%2Fdownload%2F22283%2FEthernet-Intel-Ethernet-Adapter-Complete-Driver-Pack It also contains an update for sysutils/intel-nvmupdate (6.80) (will file a ticket for that as well)
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updated in r486749