From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 1 20:05:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FC8B16A468 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 20:05:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andre@freebsd.org) Received: from c00l3r.networx.ch (c00l3r.networx.ch [62.48.2.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB00C13C468 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 20:05:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andre@freebsd.org) Received: (qmail 47985 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2007 19:20:45 -0000 Received: from c00l3r.networx.ch (HELO [127.0.0.1]) ([62.48.2.2]) (envelope-sender ) by c00l3r.networx.ch (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 1 Jun 2007 19:20:45 -0000 Message-ID: <46607BFF.8060502@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:05:19 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Christensen References: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD903040678EC@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD903040678EC@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding Proprietary Link Speed to sys/net/if_media.h 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: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:05:12 -0000 David Christensen wrote: > 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. No objections from me. -- Andre > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >