From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 3 15:06:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3954EF03 for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2012 15:06:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nonesuch@longcount.org) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0EA98FC0A for ; Sat, 3 Nov 2012 15:06:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id fw7so6126395vcb.13 for ; Sat, 03 Nov 2012 08:06:29 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer:in-reply-to :message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :x-gm-message-state; bh=3rTqInNd18ENGDPuJFEfok7w2YtE3NmwBnMNG0uw+jk=; b=mb2gH0GGn9ZNJg685jqHFOY1bZviXKz27JNIOndJIZpSjcy0p5Wvb1QfDV3s6kOUhX H6+EirwEMsD7Gth2LbmdEKbCP1R3T4WuNo8+Q2UecHwJ+UjiBNnKmZoVzgZ26WVxJrSh WcrM1+38VcNp6CXNAV0rW1de5AR49mKHszwrCZQIxVjIv3YyLk/0iMMe1KawfO8DLnty 7A/lRSUs9OgPnUoRcikKfw9DfI+EcD1qCPyTZY6EyFy89nIXKysRVeh80zPWsKFaI6U7 Q/ZTNYqYGyw6NAFlLnka3ZBavpu6bw0tWRqjfMFO7lvpJR/eJVNRo9XxUPH8aHEwsjxV oNRA== Received: by 10.52.100.229 with SMTP id fb5mr4076737vdb.103.1351955189691; Sat, 03 Nov 2012 08:06:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.11.202] (ool-182c8567.dyn.optonline.net. [24.44.133.103]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id xf2sm6313615vec.12.2012.11.03.08.06.28 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 03 Nov 2012 08:06:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness? References: <201211020214.UAA29489@lariat.net> <20121102091021.23cf9af0@suse3> <20121102201554.6048f2e0@linux-wb36.example.org> From: Mark Saad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B206) In-Reply-To: <20121102201554.6048f2e0@linux-wb36.example.org> Message-Id: <97EBC854-07A3-40E2-A397-FB71A7FCA64E@longcount.org> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:06:26 -0400 To: "stable@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkp2WtExsAY1TnpkvpsFZx4ii8s7tCfR/PmLZp8g1Uh+rmTtEhBfFa5hSKXuSSf7EH0GMQg X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:06:32 -0000 On Nov 2, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Am Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:34:20 -0400 > schrieb Mark Saad : >=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On Nov 2, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Rainer Duffner >> wrote: >>=20 >>> Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) >>> schrieb Brett Glass : >>>=20 >>>> I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how >>>> FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and >>>> robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Are there issues that will have to wait >>>> until 9.2-RELEASE to be fixed? Opinions welcome. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> If I'm not mistaken, the bge-stuff that makes the default NICs ins >>> HP G8 servers (360+380) actually run will not make it back into 9.1. >>> Intel cards work much better anyway... >>>=20 >> Did you swap out the bge nic daughter card in the g8 servers for an >> intel one or , do you mean in general the intel nic support is >> better ?=20 >=20 > Both, actually. > At least, Intel has drivers for FreeBSD on their website and IIRC, it's > a Tier 1 OS for them. > I don't want to dis the efforts of the people working on the bXe stuff, > but from what I have read, they have much less support from the vendor. > We have used HP servers even back when they were still Compaq-servers > (and came with Intel NICs...) and this is really the first time we had > to install Intel NICs with them (with FreeBSD - there was an earlier > issue with Solaris, but that does not count...). >=20 > Are there Intel daughter cards for this server? > I thought, all the daugher-cards came with some sort of Broadcom > chipset. Hp did a presentation at work 2 weeks ago about the g8 . Hp said you can swa= p out a daughter card in the 360/380/580 for nic options like broadcom 4 por= t gigabit nic , melenox infinbabd, intel pro1000 4 port nic , qlogic 8Gb fc-= al and others . They said its an FRU but I have not seen the parts yet .=20= --- Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org