From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 11 16:51:23 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 3E0C11065670 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:51:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: from web63906.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63906.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.97.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D70FC8FC1A for ; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:51:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 51796 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Jul 2009 16:51:22 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1247331082; bh=2CBYTveX9bO8lPRNAXD6MW/xzLNZA8SATFT81K1w4+M=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=W7ZFdeK2+/fLXKHdC6KopYL4cO2LQrjZa+oLyHNcnnwtEL/CbfeMPp1XrW+fzEAOOA42n4Vt93NP/6QmKEPJqp9Pw6mwbGi57PciQorzFliKiyseHMr7Z0aH+eTQj8if+rbn8uZiif2L3roIgBhTEScK0rbn4KIE4k/lTHbnGUg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=BjRIBAG0aRrBaKuOlMFthqBceaAhvDYVvkkgLrbmkBS47G8FDHFWiq3Iuz0XB3FSn4hYbkSi5OScK1ldzvi4iHX0m29zi1zadUyTCP+VCMRdCrx9ridl0xeD8lInBS8uUz+jGYowWVe7bLElW/pgkfdlXwqdBdSN7waXhNVY1Bc=; Message-ID: <370660.51527.qm@web63906.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 8HB8FL8VM1k9x3dpilRifczSu.HmtG_hwWV8VCniaWkQNgnoDOxD1RB54uSj8xbvKdt1MckHjFsdUknpS0iJ3FatV09dCxg_FNSEQ1Jb4M3rDQwD.QfqfexbKpYfWvx.w0zLi22QJhMsu05oqn.5HcIKgtD3Ci8wiADdTUAeKGTzwfGiH5wrVVNiy4SfPXl8PVWV9ZOERzGeHcGFYI_EgKmGjE0QeCrJR3VaEyFBPKxmodMOdf_cH_N3wxY2aI1mg5IUgg5xjV0Az5e.P5k2G487_cHEELiIigHZ8Q60hziY7CpOqS3oOWQ- Received: from [66.176.162.245] by web63906.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:51:22 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/5.4.17 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.15 Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:51:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Barney Cordoba To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: 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 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 16:51:23 -0000 =0A=0A--- On Sat, 7/11/09, ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com wrote:=0A=0A> From: ricky.packetlogic@gmail.com =0A> Subject: Re: Re: kern/135222: [igb] low speed routing betw= een two igb interfaces=0A> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org=0A> Date: Saturday, = July 11, 2009, 10:46 AM=0A> >>Intel 82575EB (and=0A> friends)=A0 are *the* = premier ethernet controllers to =0A> >>use with FreeBSD in a server.=A0 igb= should be=0A> the most stable and =0A> >>supported driver in the whole ker= nel.=A0 I can't=0A> think of any other driver =0A> >>and series of controll= ers I would rather use in a=0A> server like this.=0A> =0A> Well, the good N= IC is no good at all without good driver,=0A> sadly, it's the case with sto= ck igb driver shipped with FB.=0A> =0A> I hate to say this, but igb driver = sucks, there're many=0A> obvious issue in the code like wrong DMA allocatio= n etc. You=0A> just have to re-write completely to get igb work, i.e., to= =0A> support msi-x with multiqueue.=0A> =0A> >>If the drivers for these chi= ps are now "bad", this=0A> is a very sad day for =0A> >>people who wanted t= o use FreeBSD in their dual=0A> socket servers.=0A> Either stick to em or r= e-write the igb driver.=0A> =0A> It's just funny that everybody keeps quite= on this, is it=0A> too difficulty to let people know it's the known issue = with=0A> igb driver?=0A> =0A> Ricky=0A=0AI thought packetlogic ran on Linux= , have you finally abandoned that pig?=0A=0ABarney=0A=0A=0A