Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 09:03:24 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.ca>, alex@aspenworks.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building 8-port Router Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0003300857130.24025-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003292241460.49234-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, James Wyatt wrote: > On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Bill Fumerola wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 04:12:02PM -0500, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > >Okay I'll bite, who makes a multiport Ethernet adapter that's supported > > > >by FreeBSD? > > > > > > I havent used any myself, but some have used the > > > > > > http://www.dlink.com/products/adapters/dfe570tx/ > > > > > > via the dc driver. Check the archives for people's experience with it. It > > > uses the dc driver under 4.x > > > > [hawk-billf] /home/billf > grep -e '^fxp' /var/run/dmesg.boot > > fxp0: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> port 0xece0-0xecff mem 0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff,0xf5fff000-0xf5ffffff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci2 > > fxp0: Ethernet address 00:90:27:2a:65:3e > > fxp1: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> port 0xecc0-0xecdf mem 0xfde00000-0xfdefffff,0xf5ffe000-0xf5ffefff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci2 > > fxp1: Ethernet address 00:90:27:2a:65:3f > > > > That's an "Intel PRO/100+ Dual Port Server Adapter" > > Ack! Don't any of them allow you to share IRQs on the PCI bus? I can > imagine doing 8 ports using 8 IRQs would be, uh, limiting... - Jy@ I'm not sure why Bill's dual-port card is showing up with two interrupts, but mine doesn't. It was my (limited) understanding that isn't even possible on a single PCI slot. :-) This happens to be the Compaq branded version of the Intel Dual-port card on FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE: Probing for devices on PCI bus 2: fxp6: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 0x05 int a irq 5 on pci2.4.0 fxp6: Ethernet address 00:08:c7:07:b2:95 fxp7: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 0x05 int a irq 5 on pci2.5.0 fxp7: Ethernet address 00:08:c7:07:b2:96 -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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