From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 7 21:06:49 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 E524816A41A for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidch@broadcom.com) Received: from MMS3.broadcom.com (mms3.broadcom.com [216.31.210.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE4D313C4CC for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidch@broadcom.com) Received: from [10.10.64.154] by MMS3.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom SMTP Relay (Email Firewall v6.3.2)); Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:05:56 -0800 X-Server-Uuid: B55A25B1-5D7D-41F8-BC53-C57E7AD3C201 Received: by mail-irva-10.broadcom.com (Postfix, from userid 47) id D1E8E2CB; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:05:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-irva-8.broadcom.com (mail-irva-8 [10.10.64.221]) by mail-irva-10.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC862CA for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:05:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-irva-12.broadcom.com (mail-irva-12.broadcom.com [10.11.16.101]) by mail-irva-8.broadcom.com (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id GJV14006; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:05:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com ( nt-irva-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com [10.8.194.64]) by mail-irva-12.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8361269CA4 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:05:54 -0800 (PST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:05:51 -0800 Message-ID: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD903072CEB06@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> Thread-Topic: Recommendation for a Big Endian System for NIC Driver Development thread-index: AchpzSYhA4tUZeWTReC34yK9rsaKlw== From: "David Christensen" To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-WSS-ID: 6BB5AD3E1104164804-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Recommendation for a Big Endian System for NIC Driver Development 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: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:06:50 -0000 I'm looking for a recommendation for a big endian CPU system that works well with FreeBSD. It would be best if it didn't use a 4KB page size but that's a secondary issue. The system should support PCI Express with at least two x8 slots and PCI-X would be a plus. A half-height or full-height rack style chassis would be best, though a tower configuration would also be suitable. I want to do some wider testing on non-Intel based systems with current and new Broadcom drivers. Feel free to email me directly if you have a suggestion. David Christensen