Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:49:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com> To: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Hooman Fazaeli <ebastan10@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: broadcom 57710 support Message-ID: <634188.92246.qm@web63905.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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--- On Tue, 7/21/09, Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> wrote: > From: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> > Subject: Re: broadcom 57710 support > To: "Barney Cordoba" <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com> > Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Hooman Fazaeli" <ebastan10@yahoo.com> > Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 8:51 AM > Barney Cordoba wrote: > >> Any one knows if there is any near plan to develop > drivers > >> for > >> > >> network cards based on broadcom NetXtereme II > 57710 > >> > >> 10 GbE controller? > >> > >> ----------------------- > >> best regards > >> Hooman Fazaeli > >> > > > > Ok, I'll bite. What is so special about this > particular part that you simply must use it in your 10GbE > server? > > > > > A possible cause -at least for me- is that HP switched from > the Gigabit Broadcoms for these 10GE versions. So newer > machines (for example the HP BL460c G6) come with Broadcom > 57711 instead of the 57xx ones (supported by bge and bce). > I wouldn't use a "new" server that doesn't support Nehelam. You're better off getting a 1U server that has exactly what you want in it, rather than having to hope that whoever happens to write a driver for this new part does a good job. Even then you're stuck with last year's CPU model, guaranteeing 20% less performance. Barney
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