From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 21 14:49:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4521106567C for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:49:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: from web63905.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63905.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.97.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4E1298FC14 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:49:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 92286 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Jul 2009 14:49:07 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1248187747; bh=x0PUKUSG+Qm5AdT49BB2DUQ0gjXzALaa7JDMRbWWDvg=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=JdT+EXHnfR1p4Zx3bl7ED5asCdygTU1ywvh3dT5MbEeSfHep6S0bmClrYK/mZhW4jq0kJiw6jjn1qV9gJZxXCF7i0WsvSb225EojFA6qL7idHZcUGadF3V5yj9qGU+yYdjXH8vP/cVmXmc8ti/buyA6q78SmSVHQFi3kTzjVNT0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=LHEUtyJz3ovOZWHgT4JPkR5K8ghMMXoe1Dm+Wkce8mEufaoRbI+iVpwXM00YbNACJs8I3Gp0ViflpZOERvG9dLixyOQVzivm3r6NAzYeaNcuYhBUX+IDhdcbpWJgs9RIlgzHE1+oSON47PxxRpLGUgtK17fzTlBCVqQCxA2awbU=; Message-ID: <634188.92246.qm@web63905.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: nNG2J.kVM1l0ScEq2Hsli78QP8xKmXRmHSMBgCmFXyZU0BWWgAU- Received: from [66.176.162.245] by web63905.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:49:07 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/5.4.17 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.15 Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:49:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Barney Cordoba To: Attila Nagy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Hooman Fazaeli Subject: Re: broadcom 57710 support X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:49:09 -0000 =0A=0A--- On Tue, 7/21/09, Attila Nagy wrote:=0A=0A> From: Att= ila Nagy =0A> Subject: Re: broadcom 57710 support=0A> To: "Barn= ey Cordoba" =0A> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Ho= oman Fazaeli" =0A> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 8:51 = AM=0A> Barney Cordoba wrote:=0A> >> Any one knows if there is any near plan= to develop=0A> drivers=0A> >> for=0A> >> =0A> >> network cards based on br= oadcom NetXtereme II=0A> 57710=0A> >> =0A> >> 10 GbE controller?=0A> >> =0A= > >> -----------------------=0A> >> best regards=0A> >> Hooman Fazaeli=0A> = >>=A0 =A0=A0=A0=0A> > =0A> > Ok, I'll bite. What is so special about this= =0A> particular part that you simply must use it in your 10GbE=0A> server?= =0A> > =0A> >=A0=A0=A0=0A> A possible cause -at least for me- is that HP sw= itched from=0A> the Gigabit Broadcoms for these 10GE versions. So newer=0A>= machines (for example the HP BL460c G6) come with Broadcom=0A> 57711 inste= ad of the 57xx ones (supported by bge and bce).=0A> =0A=0AI wouldn't use a = "new" server that doesn't support Nehelam. You're better=0Aoff getting a 1U= server that has exactly what you want in it, rather than=0Ahaving to hope = that whoever happens to write a driver for this new part=0Adoes a good job.= Even then you're stuck with last year's CPU model, =0Aguaranteeing 20% les= s performance. =0A=0ABarney=0A=0A=0A