From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 29 21:48:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C0EC1065675 for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 21:48:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from smtp.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D8C68FC17 for ; Tue, 29 May 2012 21:48:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ds4.des.no (smtp.des.no [194.63.250.102]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24BA86586; Tue, 29 May 2012 21:48:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E8EB08F66; Tue, 29 May 2012 23:48:15 +0200 (CEST) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Sean Bruno References: <864nqz70h0.fsf@ds4.des.no> <1338327381.2850.11.camel@powernoodle-l7.corp.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 23:48:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1338327381.2850.11.camel@powernoodle-l7.corp.yahoo.com> (Sean Bruno's message of "Tue, 29 May 2012 14:36:21 -0700") Message-ID: <861um24q1s.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "net@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: 10 Gbps NIC selection 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: Tue, 29 May 2012 21:48:17 -0000 Sean Bruno writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav writes: > > Given the choice between the following adapters: > > Broadcom 5720 > Haven't gotten this one working on the Dell R series I'm testing > (thought this was a 1G chipset) > > Broadcom 5719 > Thought this was a 1G? > > Broadcom 57800 > > Broadcom 57810 > If these are 10G E cards, the would need to be added to bxe(4) which it > doesn't appear they are? I know I haven't used them. It is quite possible that our supplier either misunderstood the question or misformatted his answer. I can't find a bxe(4) man page in yesterday's head, so I'll pretend it doesn't exist. > > Intel i350 > > Intel x520 > > Intel X540 > The X540T appears to be supported via ixgbe(4) [...] I believe they're all supported by either ixgb(4) or ixgbe(4). However, given that a) the i350 is a quad-port card, which disqualifies it for our purposes b) our supplier's x540s are RJ45 only c) someone told me off-list that they used x520s and were happy with them I decided to get two dual-SFP x520s. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no