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Subject: Re: using ConnectX card as Ethernet (mlxen)
From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
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On Nov 9, 2012, at 9:51 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 7:44 PM, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> =
wrote:
> On the off chance there's someone on this list already that didn't see =
my earlier (unanswered) question, I'm reposting it below. I don't have =
FreeBSD on this hardware any more but I would like to know for future =
reference if using these cards with an Ethernet switch is an option.
>=20
>     I know this might seem dumb, but what if you did =
sys.device.mlx4_core0.mlx4_port1=3D"`printf 'en\n'`" (the newline's =
important).

I'll try it next time I have an opportunity. Can you explain why the =
newline might make a difference? Also, I don't think I ever tried 'en', =
just 'eth'. Can someone say what the right value is or should be?

Thanks,

JN