From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 8 17:13:20 2007 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 68A2E16A419 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:13:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2001:1b20:1:3::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C296513C442 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 17:13:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (hmdazw@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l78HCZTJ056051; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:12:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id l78HCY3X056050; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:12:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:12:34 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200708081712.l78HCY3X056050@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, dan@danneh.org In-Reply-To: <3946.81.149.89.84.1186589227.squirrel@www.danneh.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-current User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:12:40 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: nfe(4) issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, dan@danneh.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:13:20 -0000 dan@danneh.org wrote: > I might be covering old ground here, and I realise that this is resolved > in fbsd7, however I'm after an urgent fix, as I'm unable to wait for fbsd7 > to become a release. > I have a rack server, with an nvidia nforce pro 3600 chipset, and the nic > cards use the mcp55 marvell 88e1121 chipset (dual gigabit lan). the nve > that's shipped with 6.2 doesn't recognise it, and have been following > instructions here at > http://www.f.csce.kyushu-u.ac.jp/~shigeaki//software/freebsd-nfe.html to > attempt to get the nfe driver working on fbsd6.2. It's probably _much_ easier to add the PCI ID of your MCP55 to the stock nve(4) driver on your FreeBSD 6 machine. It works -- that's exactly what I did in a similar case, but only for the purpose of getting network access so I could cvsup to 7-current. The machine is now happily running 7- current with the new nfe(4) driver. Basically, you simply copy the device ID from the output of "pciconf -lv" and insert it in if_nve.c and if_nvereg.h (located in /sys/dev/nve). I think there's even a PR about it. However, I recommend you update to 7-current anyway. It is already in code freeze for several weeks (in preparation for the release), and it has been stable for me so far. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "I started using PostgreSQL around a month ago, and the feeling is similar to the switch from Linux to FreeBSD in '96 -- 'wow!'." -- Oddbjorn Steffensen