From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 8 17:01:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED26016A41F; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:01:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7999143D45; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:01:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from pumice6.sentex.ca (pumice6.sentex.ca [64.7.153.21]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j78H10YW066506; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:01:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by pumice6.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j78H1sDQ072479; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:01:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j78H1r7Z024614 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:01:53 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050808125054.07ea4a38@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:04:15 -0400 To: Andre Oppermann From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <42F786FC.1090805@freebsd.org> References: <42475.1123513974@phk.freebsd.dk> <42F786FC.1090805@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.18 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.21 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hifn driver in SMP (was Re: GELI - disk encryption GEOM class committed.) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 17:01:56 -0000 At 12:23 PM 08/08/2005, Andre Oppermann wrote: >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >>I belive there is a bug in the HiFn chips that makes them do a soft reset >>under some set of circumstances which we have never been able to nail >>down. >>I have contacted HiFn about this and asked for a workaround, but >>they seem somewhat less than eager to work the case. >>I belive the message before last was that they hard reproduced it. >>The last message was from somebody going through the piles on a >>former employees table. > >What's the deal with HiFn? IMHO Cavium are way better and much more >performant. We have a number of embedded type devices (Soekris) that need a mini-pci crypto card in order to keep up. Having a somewhat fast and not too CPU intensive crypto file system would open more possibilities for our product. At the time, the HiFn cards were the only thing around we could source. They work well enough for us under FreeBSD and FAST_IPSEC. What driver supports the Cavium cards under FreeBSD ? ---Mike >-- >Andre