From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 14 18:56:19 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9E35CC7 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:56:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@freebsd.org) Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD4492EB6 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4275207EA; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:56:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:56:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=3ili8ABVc25B3s/1CeZDEN b3ZHM=; b=mwV4sMeCZ5BKqzWHXGk/vrp+Ksw63ObTWfCkQiucQSN5bW/tVs+SjA tmz/TM82KfEA8Vh0VMmCKMRwfobztow6+jzDz0ScTUgZsIehSlTh6DlvNOz6hYsK GMxbxWqzTkjJ7i4shJxSle9h1uYo/zRohCsOy6pxfAPhuWkP5mN9s= X-Sasl-enc: 7QNxhaf7lkATf1qxZt2dc18cO3qWwH5u1FkHZ72zAcMO 1376506578 Received: from tech304.office.supranet.net (unknown [66.170.8.18]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 87F83C00E85; Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:56:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:56:17 -0500 From: Mark Felder To: aurfalien Subject: Re: SolarFlare 10GB card Message-ID: <20130814135617.62c840de@tech304.office.supranet.net> In-Reply-To: References: <82661969-647C-4064-BB7A-76293C655CDC@gmail.com> <1376484582.17688.9703091.6075DC96@webmail.messagingengine.com> <2B210667-47FA-4FB7-AAF6-DBD45FC2758B@gmail.com> <20130814133403.18a832b7@tech304.office.supranet.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.19; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:56:19 -0000 On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:48:52 -0700 aurfalien wrote: > > On Aug 14, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Mark Felder wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:51:03 -0700 > > aurfalien 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! :)