From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 23:38:46 2008 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 05F7C1065670; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:38:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidch@broadcom.com) Received: from mms2.broadcom.com (mms2.broadcom.com [216.31.210.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBFF58FC0C; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:38:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidch@broadcom.com) Received: from [10.11.16.99] by mms2.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom SMTP Relay (Email Firewall v6.3.2)); Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:08:19 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: D3C04415-6FA8-4F2C-93C1-920E106A2031 Received: by mail-irva-10.broadcom.com (Postfix, from userid 47) id 2C5F2486; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:50:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-irva-8.broadcom.com (mail-irva-8 [10.11.18.52]) by mail-irva-10.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1232645D; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:50:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-irva-13.broadcom.com (mail-irva-13.broadcom.com [10.11.16.103]) by mail-irva-8.broadcom.com (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id GUN32433; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:49:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from NT-IRVA-0751.brcm.ad.broadcom.com (nt-irva-0751 [10.8.194.65]) by mail-irva-13.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A20D74D00; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:49:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from IRVEXCHHUB01.corp.ad.broadcom.com ([10.9.200.131]) by NT-IRVA-0751.brcm.ad.broadcom.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:49:55 -0700 Received: from IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com ([10.9.200.129]) by IRVEXCHHUB01.corp.ad.broadcom.com ([10.9.200.131]) with mapi; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:49:55 -0700 From: "David Christensen" To: "rihad@mail.ru" , "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:49:56 -0700 Thread-Topic: bce(4) polling support? Thread-Index: AcijnLUaSOte75lEQtWSrQtSQUZY3gAZSAPQ Message-ID: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819324F08AA497@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> References: <480C5679.8060904@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <480C5679.8060904@mail.ru> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US acceptlanguage: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Apr 2008 22:49:55.0179 (UTC) FILETIME=[0475FBB0:01C8A402] X-WSS-ID: 6413C1E84YC29810355-02-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" Subject: RE: bce(4) polling 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: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:38:46 -0000 > Just wondering if someone's been working on POLLING support for bce(4) > Broadcom NetXtreme II (BCM5706/BCM5708) PCI/PCIe Gigabit Ethernet > adapter driver? AFAIK late in 2006 brueffer@ decided[*] to remove the > erroneous polling(4) man entry claiming bce support... and that's it. > Any advancements since then? > > [*] http://monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-net/200612/msg00004.html The only advancement is that I am taking the current code out of the driver since it's never really been tested or validated. No current plans to add the support back in any time soon. Dave