Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 14:15:00 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> Cc: Dean Strik <dean@stack.nl>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 5 gigabit NIC Message-ID: <20050605211500.GC655@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0506052308180.6066@tea.blinkenlights.nl> References: <fc095e5449e0739a22fccbb1dec015c5@san.rr.com> <20050605004510.E95513@carver.gumbysoft.com> <Pine.SOC.4.61.0506051525560.21292@tea.blinkenlights.nl> <20050605154809.GA34872@stack.nl> <Pine.SOC.4.61.0506052308180.6066@tea.blinkenlights.nl>
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Sten Spans wrote this message on Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 23:10 +0200:
> On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Dean Strik wrote:
>
> >Sten Spans wrote:
> >>On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Doug White wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Evan Sayer wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Can anyone recommend a reliable gigabit NIC for a Sun Ultra 5 under
> >>>>FreeBSD 5.2.1?
> >>>
> >>>Considering the U5 only has 32 bit 33MHz PCI, it'll never even get close
> >>>to pushing that much b/w so as long as its supported under sparc64 you
> >>>should be fine.
> >>
> >>Sun gigabit 1/2 isn't supported afaik.
> >
> >Er, I guess gem(4) covers that, though I haven't ever tried one in a
> >FreeBSD box yet.
>
> Mmmm, I'll try digging up a complete list of chips/drivers and
> give a correct and complete answer. There are so many "sun gigabit"
> adaptors that things get somewhat confusing.
Oh, just so you know, re (RealTek) based gige doesn't work on sparc64..
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