From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 09:11:46 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 08D19106567E; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:11:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail36.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail36.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.76]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9342B8FC2B; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 09:11:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail36.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m899BhZG020031 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:11:43 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m899Bgfo089243; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:11:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m899Bggi089242; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:11:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:11:42 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Kip Macy Message-ID: <20080909091142.GG15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20080909075031.GA60111@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <3c1674c90809090149j2abe499flc88d0c1d0cc9b8ed@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gWRamliw218YCZO9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3c1674c90809090149j2abe499flc88d0c1d0cc9b8ed@mail.gmail.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) 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 09:11:46 -0000 --gWRamliw218YCZO9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2008-Sep-09 01:49:43 -0700, Kip Macy wrote: >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. I wasn't sure if Sun had rebadged it - but obviously not. >> 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. http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs points to http://mediacast.sun.com/share/barton808/Neptune_PRM1.4.2o.pdf I haven't looked at it closely enough to determine whether you could write a driver from it. (And, at this stage, I don't have time to write the driver myself, though I'm willing to help debug it if someone has a alpha or beta one lying around). >> (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. The FOSSdocs site points to the T2 architecture supplement for the T2 NIU. I haven't gotten to that document yet. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --gWRamliw218YCZO9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjGPc4ACgkQ/opHv/APuIdjHQCdEXl0Itbzp9SRS1V/DLzWOZt5 6KAAnAskb/DwGdxVyedPElvlOKo5EKk2 =cRWj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gWRamliw218YCZO9--