Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:51:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com Subject: Re: Re: kern/135222: [igb] low speed routing between two igb interfaces Message-ID: <370660.51527.qm@web63906.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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=0A=0A--- On Sat, 7/11/09, ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com <ricky.packetlogic@g= mail.com> wrote:=0A=0A> From: ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com <ricky.packetlogi= c@gmail.com>=0A> Subject: Re: Re: kern/135222: [igb] low speed routing betw= een two igb interfaces=0A> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org=0A> Date: Saturday, = July 11, 2009, 10:46 AM=0A> >>Intel 82575EB (and=0A> friends)=A0 are *the* = premier ethernet controllers to =0A> >>use with FreeBSD in a server.=A0 igb= should be=0A> the most stable and =0A> >>supported driver in the whole ker= nel.=A0 I can't=0A> think of any other driver =0A> >>and series of controll= ers I would rather use in a=0A> server like this.=0A> =0A> Well, the good N= IC is no good at all without good driver,=0A> sadly, it's the case with sto= ck igb driver shipped with FB.=0A> =0A> I hate to say this, but igb driver = sucks, there're many=0A> obvious issue in the code like wrong DMA allocatio= n etc. You=0A> just have to re-write completely to get igb work, i.e., to= =0A> support msi-x with multiqueue.=0A> =0A> >>If the drivers for these chi= ps are now "bad", this=0A> is a very sad day for =0A> >>people who wanted t= o use FreeBSD in their dual=0A> socket servers.=0A> Either stick to em or r= e-write the igb driver.=0A> =0A> It's just funny that everybody keeps quite= on this, is it=0A> too difficulty to let people know it's the known issue = with=0A> igb driver?=0A> =0A> Ricky=0A=0AI thought packetlogic ran on Linux= , have you finally abandoned that pig?=0A=0ABarney=0A=0A=0A
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