From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 1 04:57:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FB3F16A4DD for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 04:57:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A4A44143 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 04:39:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id x7so263617nzc for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:39:14 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=tsvvur6C9QQuhdFD4ASDtMtsim094O9eYcDxqb+FAn5oJPLFd+UDorYELflDFvdd+q0X+FIysU2N18fLLOzFuYsJTpqly4Y1V4FpIklBw8DuROmvwBLfTDzs3xjgTJDD67KPRdrVZ0j2ZOr/S97etliR1InRILlfZPHTrC4/KFQ= Received: by 10.36.113.8 with SMTP id l8mr1522118nzc; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:39:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.12.11 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:39:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:39:14 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" To: pyunyh@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20060630060956.GA51353@cdnetworks.co.kr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060630060956.GA51353@cdnetworks.co.kr> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Marvell YukonII Status Update? 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: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:57:03 -0000 On 6/30/06, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 10:53:52PM -0500, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > Anyone know what's going on with YukonII support in FreeBSD, > > specifically the Marvell chips used in PCI-Express add-on cards? > > > > Last I checked somebody was developing an experimental driver and > > Marvell had just released the code to their FreeBSD 5.x/6.x driver: > > mykbsd60x86-8.12.2.3.tar (bindary kmod package) > > mykbsd60x86-8.12.1.3-src.tgz (source code) > > > > I don't know current status of the driver. ATM FreeBSD YukonII > driver has stability issues and the driver needs big cleanups > if we import the driver into src tree. But I wouldn't do the > job and I'll spend my spare time to other thing. > I know, from my previous experience(sk(4), stge(4)), how > difficult to write a driver without a document and how hard to > write a correct driver without knowing hardware internals. I'm > sure there are many developers eager to write YukonII driver if > they can access the hardware documentation. However I think there > is no possibility that Marvell releases their chip documentations. > Marvell will give you the docs if you sign an NDA, I know it's stupid but I think it's the only way... unless we vote with the wallet... Who has PCI-Express gigabit NIC cards that meet the following criteria?: a) Supported by FreeBSD. b) Unencumbered documentation. c) Checksum offloading. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/