From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 18 14:23:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81CB8106568B for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:23:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from h8msft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f208.google.com (mail-ew0-f208.google.com [209.85.219.208]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D3218FC16 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:23:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so503608ewy.36 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:23:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=0jX3WPkV0J4f1rzf6/2D9M28MrM3ttG7VYo0HloiIj0=; b=fTaUd/tscYJ9rRqcGd0uHECcvGiFBhCSo4uKx+LgF0397+8MKZS5ibXZuG9+0HRbvi xZNVX3wLWXMmZm44zBfnGy/eCeLQEbJYsZYigGuinfmY5AA73XoRBGi9dmGlCb7wZKBj bVjWSpaysO7E3Cz+gNlT8uD8HEe86PP9oLN04= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=AyGHjOpbs4gD1g8nvI6iDrqv2o2LAMEiSNZdu1lwmt/7LCJNEEpq9ik8FFy+9fexOH NmXlb9L+BeBTZvI0Kpy8NMZioidnGJ1DcagTFEOgxqK46daBy2nXL/z+cehq90rE07nR C40rMiXz5s6IsIefOPMW7L8xwTE6FqnP5CTo0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.211.155.16 with SMTP id h16mr2132361ebo.55.1253282479925; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:01:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:01:19 -0500 Message-ID: From: Bob McClure To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: BCM5709S ethernet adapter driver. X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:23:41 -0000 Greetings Driver Experts. I am trying to find out if anyone is working on adding driver support for a Broadcom BCM5709S Ethernet adapter on FreeBSD. I will have the opportunity to migrate some of my servers to IBM LS42 Blade servers. I am told this is the only adapter available, so selecting another interface at least at this point is not an option. Any input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for you assistance. Bob McClure From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 19 08:07:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF5E41065670 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:07:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E828FC22 for ; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:07:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2709F46B0D; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:07:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from John-Baldwins-Macbook-Pro.local (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 196AC8A01B; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:07:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4AB49138.4090206@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:07:20 -0400 From: John Baldwin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bob McClure References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:07:18 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=4.2 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM5709S ethernet adapter driver. X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:07:19 -0000 Bob McClure wrote: > Greetings Driver Experts. > > I am trying to find out if anyone is working on adding driver support for > a Broadcom BCM5709S Ethernet adapter on FreeBSD. > > > I will have the opportunity to migrate some of my servers to IBM LS42 Blade > servers. I am told this is the only > > adapter available, so selecting another interface at least at this point is > not an option. > > > Any input will be greatly appreciated. A patch was recently posted to the lists from the forums I believe and marius@ was going to review it when he gets some time. I believe the patch was reported as working for both 7 and 8. I think it was posted to hackers@ IIRC. -- John Baldwin From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 19 15:57:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A7691065679; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:57:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BA828FC1A; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:57:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n8JFsdRC046996; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:54:40 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:56:24 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20090919.095624.-1408366588.imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhb@freebsd.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <4AB49138.4090206@FreeBSD.org> References: <4AB49138.4090206@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: h8msft@gmail.com, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM5709S ethernet adapter driver. X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:57:33 -0000 In message: <4AB49138.4090206@FreeBSD.org> John Baldwin writes: : Bob McClure wrote: : > Greetings Driver Experts. : > : > I am trying to find out if anyone is working on adding driver support for : > a Broadcom BCM5709S Ethernet adapter on FreeBSD. : > : > : > I will have the opportunity to migrate some of my servers to IBM LS42 Blade : > servers. I am told this is the only : > : > adapter available, so selecting another interface at least at this point is : > not an option. : > : > : > Any input will be greatly appreciated. : : A patch was recently posted to the lists from the forums I believe and : marius@ was going to review it when he gets some time. I believe the : patch was reported as working for both 7 and 8. I think it was posted : to hackers@ IIRC. Yes. Sam and I have reviewed the patches as well, and there's problems with them. While they appear to work, they are frobbing bits that shouldn't need to be frobbed relating to receiving beacons (effectively putting the card into promiscuous mode, iirc), which will have a performance problem. This is why I've not just pushed the patches into the tree... Warner From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 19 15:57:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B491106566B; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:57:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B2DC8FC15; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:57:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n8JFtNLa047013; Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:55:23 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:57:08 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20090919.095708.2009459858.imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhb@freebsd.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20090919.095624.-1408366588.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <4AB49138.4090206@FreeBSD.org> <20090919.095624.-1408366588.imp@bsdimp.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: h8msft@gmail.com, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM5709S ethernet adapter driver. X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:57:36 -0000 In message: <20090919.095624.-1408366588.imp@bsdimp.com> M. Warner Losh writes: : In message: <4AB49138.4090206@FreeBSD.org> : John Baldwin writes: : : Bob McClure wrote: : : > Greetings Driver Experts. : : > : : > I am trying to find out if anyone is working on adding driver support for : : > a Broadcom BCM5709S Ethernet adapter on FreeBSD. : : > : : > : : > I will have the opportunity to migrate some of my servers to IBM LS42 Blade : : > servers. I am told this is the only : : > : : > adapter available, so selecting another interface at least at this point is : : > not an option. : : > : : > : : > Any input will be greatly appreciated. : : : : A patch was recently posted to the lists from the forums I believe and : : marius@ was going to review it when he gets some time. I believe the : : patch was reported as working for both 7 and 8. I think it was posted : : to hackers@ IIRC. : : Yes. Sam and I have reviewed the patches as well, and there's : problems with them. While they appear to work, they are frobbing bits : that shouldn't need to be frobbed relating to receiving beacons : (effectively putting the card into promiscuous mode, iirc), which will : have a performance problem. This is why I've not just pushed the : patches into the tree... Ooops, wrong thread about a BCM part. Ignore what I just said. It applies to a wireless part. Warner