From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 8 19:05:15 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 53E6616A418 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:05:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tony@crosswinds.net) Received: from out-mx1.crosswinds.net (out-mx1.crosswinds.net [216.18.117.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFE2613C45B for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 19:05:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tony@crosswinds.net) Received: from admin.crosswinds.net (out-mx1.crosswinds.net [216.18.117.38]) by out-mx1.crosswinds.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C4632B06E; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:05:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: by admin.crosswinds.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D5A65403D; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:04:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:04:56 -0400 From: Tony Holmes To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, dan@danneh.org Message-ID: <20070808190456.GA15441@crosswinds.net> References: <3946.81.149.89.84.1186589227.squirrel@www.danneh.org> <200708081712.l78HCY3X056050@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200708081712.l78HCY3X056050@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Subject: Re: nfe(4) issues 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: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:05:15 -0000 On +Aug 08, Oliver Fromme wrote: > 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. Let me add a "I concur" to this. I upgaded to 7-current 4 weeks ago for this very reason and I have been pleased with the stability and performance. I have enough confidence to deploy into production in the next couple of weeks. -- Tony Holmes Ph: (416) 993-1219 Founder and Senior Systems Architect Crosswinds Internet Communications Inc.