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Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Hooman Fazaeli <ebastan10@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: broadcom 57710 support
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Barney Cordoba wrote:
>> 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. 
>   
The BL460c G6 supports Nehalem (Intel 55xx), and 1U server instead of a 
blade is all what I want.