From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 08:49:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AA541065687 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:49:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat.macy@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.240]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2576C8FC1C for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:49:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mat.macy@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so340168ana.13 for ; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:49:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=A6yChN0ZURosVh0ybugVFL01mWLHuiTI0s5tuhEHScM=; b=m2O1YFARpyzv4JB7j5s9gnAg2agNQEG+/+KLpVrqptjYVrJoczV1VVp/8tseBCQqOh shCQzaUK3DO0TebE2gZOZfg9v+q1xW5lHuJRivsgqpqx9gAbFDW0EH1q/IBC9wvvdjXf Q/sP8iP6uYcybKTl7d2sW7Ns50yt+l1cjqLZc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=eYVYIH0KCrVpF+4X1NYKGiCgmTot+l5M9RRTllKPBrXDHEZbekohlC4F+TQjeTc0P5 axABfnr02bfXAQx9q8WcF0QyYC+Iozb1kRJWhvPQAt8JFdUkSC3Eq2GoianjjnReIclv olK89pnBVQHrgaW7gXlzz8mMVWV2sq/T7gyC8= Received: by 10.100.3.4 with SMTP id 4mr16797917anc.4.1220950183207; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:49:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.73.9 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 01:49:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c1674c90809090149j2abe499flc88d0c1d0cc9b8ed@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 01:49:43 -0700 From: "Kip Macy" Sender: mat.macy@gmail.com To: "Peter Jeremy" In-Reply-To: <20080909075031.GA60111@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080909075031.GA60111@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: eb1557b7408b74fc Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun Neptune NIU support X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:49:44 -0000 On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > I have a Sun X4447A quad GigE card that I would like to use with > FreeBSD. It is supported by Solaris nxge(7D) and Linux niu. The > PCIid is 0x108e[Sun] 0xabcd. > > Whilst there's a nxge(4) driver in FreeBSD, this appears to be for > a totally different NIC. > It is for a neterion card. > Is anyone working on a FreeBSD driver for this card? > Back when I had time I asked for the docs. They were not forthcoming. I don't know if they're available now. Marvell owns the IP rights. > (Note that whilst I want to use the card in a PC, I believe the > embedded NIC in the Sun T-2 is the same device). It is largely, although I I don't know if the programming interface is the same. The NIU is documented in the same PRM as the T2.