Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 14:36:21 -0700 From: Sean Bruno <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com> To: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 10 Gbps NIC selection Message-ID: <1338327381.2850.11.camel@powernoodle-l7.corp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <864nqz70h0.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <864nqz70h0.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Tue, 2012-05-29 at 03:20 -0700, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Given the choice between the following adapters: > Here's my list of "stuff and things", I hope this is helpful > 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. > Intel i350 > Intel x520 > Intel X540 The X540T appears to be supported via ixgbe(4) ... no testing from my side on this one unfortuneately, but Jack is pretty active and probably knows the current level of support. Mailing list activity seems to indicate that Intel 10GE is more likely to "just work" if I'm not mistaken. with my "purple" hat on, we pretty much swear by Intel 10G AFAIK. Sean
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