Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 11:10:26 -0700 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Julian Stecklina <js@alien8.de> Subject: Re: Intel 10 GbE cards (ixgbe) Message-ID: <CAFOYbcmjtbwXvVBpxhSXtz6MUxFMYXQjMeuHF29JFQC89gfeQQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFOYbck2aJUA1gv1Rtnmm1u8Lze6O3nLYcNLe8t%2BNDr5muCzBQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201204251241.04752.zec@fer.hr> <87vckg84gk.fsf@alien8.de> <CAFOYbc=srg0GiMv=Gf79b9BbxHawEZpFrG=pXb5s2BUZqwCVTQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAEW%2BogZb2T48L0GKfKqciXxt0o2CjxjpreGYDcqyHMBOKKoZ%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFOYbck2aJUA1gv1Rtnmm1u8Lze6O3nLYcNLe8t%2BNDr5muCzBQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Just so everyone is clear, the ixgbe driver in 8.3 has X540 support, as well as HEAD, stable/9 has not yet been MFC'd, its on my 'todo' list. Jack On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote: > Funny, since I own the driver, one would think I'd know :) > > If you go look in the source directory for ixgbe you'll find a couple files > in there: ixgbe_x540.[ch]. That should be a clue... > > Jack > > > > On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com> wrote: > >> x540has no fbsd driver >> >> Sami >> >> >> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The 82599 is and has been officially supported for some time, the manual >>> tends to lag, I will try and get it updated. In fact, given a choice I >>> would always >>> go with the 599. And yes, the X540 should be stable, its just not yet >>> being >>> used as much yet. >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Julian Stecklina <js@alien8.de> wrote: >>> >>> > Thus spake Marko Zec <zec@fer.hr>: >>> > >>> > > Hi all, >>> > > >>> > > Although the ixgbe driver appears to have code for both 82598 and >>> 82599 >>> > > chipsets, the manual page stil lists only 82598 based cards as >>> officially >>> > > supported. Does anybody have first-hand experiences with 82599 based >>> > cards >>> > > and recent versions of the ixgbe driver (-CURRENT, 9.0, 8.3)? >>> > >>> > We recently bought one: >>> > >>> > ix0@pci0:34:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0xa02c8086 chip=0x151c8086 >>> > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 >>> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>> > device = '82599EB 10 Gigabit TN Network Connection' >>> > class = network >>> > subclass = ethernet >>> > ix1@pci0:34:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0xa02c8086 chip=0x151c8086 >>> > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 >>> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' >>> > device = '82599EB 10 Gigabit TN Network Connection' >>> > class = network >>> > subclass = ethernet >>> > >>> > It's currently used on 9.0 for benchmarking another box. Never had any >>> > problems. Can someone say whether the X540 support in CURRENT is >>> stable? >>> > >>> > Regards, Julian >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >>> > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >>> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sami Halabi >> Information Systems Engineer >> NMS Projects Expert >> >> >
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