From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 29 13:33:34 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CE6716A406; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:33:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johan@stromnet.se) Received: from av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD58A13C4C3; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johan@stromnet.se) Received: by av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id BC65D38049; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:00:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av8-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92B1837FDF; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:00:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from elfi.stromnet.se (90-224-172-102-no129.tbcn.telia.com [90.224.172.102]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7055937E47; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:00:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elfi.stromnet.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C9A61E49; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:00:43 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at stromnet.se Received: from elfi.stromnet.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (elfi.stromnet.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Cy-4uthEzEqm; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:00:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from [IPv6:2001:16d8:ff20:1:217:f2ff:fef0:d6b7] (unknown [IPv6:2001:16d8:ff20:1:217:f2ff:fef0:d6b7]) by elfi.stromnet.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E49061E48; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:00:43 +0100 (CET) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <16425E76-4111-4DE3-970D-A5E1E29EA194@stromnet.se> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:00:06 +0100 To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Cc: wpaul@freebsd.org Subject: Support for 3C996-SX? Or 3C985(b)-SX? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:33:34 -0000 Hi I'm about to buy a PCI 1000-SX network card, looking on eBay I've =20 found both 3C996-SX and 3C985(b)-SX cards. Looking at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/hardware-=20 i386.html#ETHERNET I can find "3Com 3c996-T (10/100/1000baseTX)", but =20= not the SX? However, on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware-=20 i386.html#ETHERNET I can see "3Com 3c996-SX, 3c996-T". So, has the -SX support been removed or something? =46rom the if_bge.c changelog (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/=20= src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c) I found this: Commit message by wpaul > Lastly, teach the driver how to recognize a 3c996B-SX by checking > the hardware config word in the EEPROM in order to detect the media. > We attach 5701 fiber cards correctly now, but I haven't verified that > they send/receive packets yet since I don't have a second fiber > interface at home. (I know that fiber 5700 cards work, so I'm > keeping my fingers crossed.) But this is from 4 years ago so.. not pretty recent and no followup =20 in the log. So, is it supported or not? :) Also i found some 3c985(b) cards on eBay, a bit more expensive ($10 =20 or so..), but this uses the ti driver instead of bge. And from what I =20= can see this driver does not support ALTQ. However, im not quite sure =20= i will need it anyway, since I will runt VLAN interface ontop of the =20 device (and both bge and ti supports vlan), and vlan does not support =20= altq anyway (which is kind of boring, any plans for it?) So, any suggestions? Which card should I choose? Or some other =20 popular card in the same price range (ebay price range that is..)? Thanks! Johan Str=F6m Stromnet johan@stromnet.se http://www.stromnet.se/