From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 20:42:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F6CA1065672; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:42:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B458FC1A; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:42:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyh20 with SMTP id 20so5639042gyh.13 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:42:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=7F3Nksr88famxLVQ5e587oHczzKZM0znPjXlx9hdF6o=; b=u/HZlSaeRDOWaMWzI9IabEwJs0Sv/jwWse0SAs6nbUX2H7VUKdMLN70ODkBHa84dTj WHnvPSDEHLroVhoI2ERoD9eNiyfFmOK3FoLVuEHJhZ0GLdj7ciHbbFGwZNF6aPRKcDQ+ /FdpNRLq0pQFmzx9RWvt0eD18NUOueKBis5U8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=YwFD5VmJhnJ1d/UMq5Ra4acAQjCHDfP6v5DWsk9ESphOL0IPlY73CE/IDukTc0RAMW taDZGI0K+yfBxcLOHV6Rw9e0qpZk7+uhR4uiiqs+AZCOyk6uFGvHLxC+XO0H3xAMe+/3 o40h3HrCIxxBMYa684zEQylZ1kRHSd5ag2WdU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.106.229 with SMTP id y37mr4754373qao.176.1276720919950; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:41:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.246.65 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:41:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <82D310BD-48DE-4F79-84C6-356AB4F04C42@averesystems.com> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:41:59 -0700 Message-ID: From: Jack Vogel To: Alexander Sack Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Juli Mallett , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Andrew Boyer Subject: Re: Dual-rate transceivers with ixgbe? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:42:01 -0000 Hmmm, it SHOULD work, I'll have him double check with the latest driver, he was running some stress tests for me anyway. Will get back to you. Jack On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Alexander Sack wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Jack Vogel wrote: > > I am NOT going to accept patches to defeat the code that Intel has put in > > place, > > if you want to hack the code that's your perogative but its like any > other > > custom > > change, you made it, you manage it. > > > > 1G SFP do not work and are not supported, there IS a supported SFP+ > > multispeed > > that can link at 1G, this was tested here. > > > Jack, understood. I won't submit my final patch with the work around to > you. > > However, I have a 82599EB with an Intel dual-rate SFP+ receiver which > will not come in 1G mode no matter how hard I try. I have dumped the > AUTOC and LINKS register and the card is not happy. > > Basically the driver: > > Writes 0xC0905004 to AUTOC to start AN/Link startup and the LINKS > immediately reports 0x203c0001 before looking in > setup_multispeed_fiber->setup_mac_link_82599 etc. > > Can you confirm with your test engineer that the Intel dual-rate SFP+ > works in 1Gbe mode on FreeBSD? > > Thanks! > > -aps > > PS The cables I have are good and the optical tester shows they are > active as well as plugging them into another card with a standard SFP > module (Finisar). >