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Date:      Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:56:17 -0500
From:      Mark Felder <feld@freebsd.org>
To:        aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SolarFlare 10GB card
Message-ID:  <20130814135617.62c840de@tech304.office.supranet.net>
In-Reply-To: <C7281659-5B1D-4033-B087-24DBF1DCC2DF@gmail.com>
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On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:48:52 -0700
aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 14, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Mark Felder wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:51:03 -0700
> > aurfalien <aurfalien@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> 
> >> On Aug 14, 2013, at 5:49 AM, Mark Felder wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Don't use the driver on their website. It's very old. Use the driver
> >>> that comes with FreeBSD 9.1 which you don't have to compile. 
> >> 
> >> Yea, that driver sux actually.
> >> 
> >> But how would I compile the driver in 9.2RC1 as I see the source is included?
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > Why do you believe the driver in 9.1-RELEASE sucks? Do you have a
> > specific issue?
> 
> I meant the driver off there site.  I'm trying the one with 9.1 in a few.
> 
> Didn't meant to sound like a barney.
> 
> Unsure why the SolarFlare driver is even up on there site, seems unstable.
> 
> - aurf

Ahhh, I see. 

You won't have to compile anything with FreeBSD 9.1 or later. Just boot
up the OS and you'll see sfxge in the output of ifconfig.

Enjoy! :)



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