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Wojciech A. Koszek wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 12:52:53PM +0430, H.Fazaeli wrote:
>   
>> Is there any near plan to develop drivers for
>> network cards based on broadcom NetXtereme II 57710
>> 10 GbE controller?
>>     
>
> Do you plan to help somehow with driver development?
>
>   
No. I just plan to use them on IBM blade servers.
> In order to develop this driver someone would probably have an
> easy access to those cards. Are they packaged in PCIe format as
> well, or they only have the blade version?
>
> Thanks,
>   
Both blade and usual PC form factors are available.
See http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/technotes/tips0688.pdf
and
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Enterprise-Networking/10-Gigabit-Ethernet-Controllers/BCM57710


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Best regards.
Hooman Fazaeli