From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 11 15:07:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8863E106566C for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:07:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com) Received: from wombat.diezmil.com (aa.81.b6.static.xlhost.com [207.182.129.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B11E8FC0A for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:07:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com) Received: from wombat (wombat [127.0.0.1]) by wombat.diezmil.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n6BEksAX031097 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:46:54 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:46:54 -0400 From: ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <16045747.41247323614497.JavaMail.root@wombat> In-Reply-To: <4A399C7F.4000203@modulus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Re: kern/135222: [igb] low speed routing between two igb interfaces X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:07:14 -0000 >>Intel 82575EB (and friends) are *the* premier ethernet controllers to >>use with FreeBSD in a server. igb should be the most stable and >>supported driver in the whole kernel. I can't think of any other driver >>and series of controllers I would rather use in a server like this. Well, the good NIC is no good at all without good driver, sadly, it's the case with stock igb driver shipped with FB. I hate to say this, but igb driver sucks, there're many obvious issue in the code like wrong DMA allocation etc. You just have to re-write completely to get igb work, i.e., to support msi-x with multiqueue. >>If the drivers for these chips are now "bad", this is a very sad day for >>people who wanted to use FreeBSD in their dual socket servers. Either stick to em or re-write the igb driver. It's just funny that everybody keeps quite on this, is it too difficulty to let people know it's the known issue with igb driver? Ricky _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@free... mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@free..." -- This message was sent on behalf of ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com at openSubscriber.com http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/freebsd-net@freebsd.org/12445915.html