From owner-freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Fri Apr 27 18:30:02 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9C86FAF33D for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:30:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@disroot.org) Received: from knopi.disroot.org (knopi.disroot.org [178.21.23.139]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65F767BBF3 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:30:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@disroot.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 547B92E075 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:30:01 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1524853801; bh=4dTdw+pTUWcHVW1lgTEYvUPoT2OqorXzr61Y3lMLbdM=; h=Subject:References:To:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=x67gMsgrWZ4bMGGVD9OLNXRlPod77AoL0WYwOEaSHZZLalQgIGvNGLoE9CPcMXcgv MK3NobHuI8LceaPJpD+FnR2VmRcLCD8Mg5dKJWbujylqnr15HpGqEPiq73OetrTCEk Dp7NiNSxzYWws9UTykX6NQq+1R5hQhVcMKxAuXk769H1yMoa4PEADgGdRttinIoLPs 83DJYIez12uV0lH2oznFcj4tfwV1XqYV1pUAuo7BhPZVut07Tm2c8t9JKsKk+Q4Zg/ 6Yig7zalI4cchmOB46FDWSL+DSSlmuFcVWnnDYNui3sP5MuvhEndPRbvg0BSyx18bN dhXIEMj+PbdNg== X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at disroot.org Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail01.disroot.lan [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xupdIJXVgnbr for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:29:59 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Broadcom 5719 Ethernet - Does it work yet? DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1524853799; bh=4dTdw+pTUWcHVW1lgTEYvUPoT2OqorXzr61Y3lMLbdM=; h=Subject:References:To:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=WC42NFRxDfBLt4qbO8w6Oj3nuitxbvkdbFppwzFH/3+RJGJr5anPqKnwKyd9Qt5na 2kpmNLVaLCFwRMsqLIYCWkW0ZsIa58P2+52pzb7rnzj5v2To4hVzjCQoqVnU7sBVGI OtQzJrHJ4/fACehwhEXKqtN2x1KMBVGTOuH0xNWZhoxQxZ4OK0qFqeDxmf6rXutdcU IH0/0QHOEqBcHTR3g8edsXRZqyuBCDAea6r/l1uKeN0os5N2Vf7LcWLrJ8Ikvs1GZP OPQRI41Yph1v6+6gCS8TghCKPH6mUjUA1lYKG+aNYnEnKy6u1urSzD44a65JVP6CUH 0AaOBTDmJfEHQ== References: <0640b50d-6a52-1da6-4006-6db4ec7c8b74@disroot.org> To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org From: "Peter G." X-Forwarded-Message-Id: <0640b50d-6a52-1da6-4006-6db4ec7c8b74@disroot.org> Message-ID: <3733ea4c-a74a-b483-7eb4-ae197956a5ab@disroot.org> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:29:50 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0640b50d-6a52-1da6-4006-6db4ec7c8b74@disroot.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:30:03 -0000 On 23/04/2018 08:01, Dieter BSD wrote: > Question 1: It appears that there were/are problems with both Dell > cards and HP cards. Is there something special about these cards > that could keep FreeBSD from working with them? Do they need to be > in Dell/HP systems or would they work in a vanilla machine? > (I'm thinking of getting one for a vanilla machine but only if it > works.) > The 5719 and 5720 are the same except for 4 ports vs 2 ports, right? I have a few R-series Dell servers of the 12th. They all come with onboard 5720. Ethernet works with bge(4), generic settings. Running 11.1-RELEASE on all those systems. "works" means here "they can run, sure", but long term stability is, from my experience, let's say, less than ideal. I've had one server losing network already twice within 3 months with polling, and another losing network once, for no apparent reason, no polling. Already replaced the first one with intel i350-t2. The other one is still running 5720, to be replaced with prolly i210. If you want to buy new, don't. Get Intel i350 or i210 instead. Been running i350-t2 on another system under constant high load, no problems for over a year now. -- PG