Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:46:22 -0700 From: "David Christensen" <davidch@broadcom.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Adding Proprietary Link Speed to sys/net/if_media.h Message-ID: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD903040678EC@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com>
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I'm working on improving the fiber support for the bce driver. One of the devices supported by the driver (the 5708) supports a 2.5G mode which is negotiated through next pages operations during normal auto negotiation. The mechanism for negotiating this speed uses standards based mechanisms, but the final speed is currently only supported on Broadcom switches and controllers. Since this speed is really intended for blade enclosures that's normally not a problem but since I need to modify sys/net/if_media.h to create a new media type I wanted to see if there were any strong objections to such a change. The media type will also be supported on the 5709, a forth-coming controller which will also support 2.5G operation, so the media type won't be limited to a single controller, though it may never be supported outside of Broadcom products. Dave
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