Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:38:34 +0200 From: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> To: Dean Strik <dean@stack.nl> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 5 gigabit NIC Message-ID: <20050606223834.B80582@newtrinity.zeist.de> In-Reply-To: <20050605154809.GA34872@stack.nl>; from dean@stack.nl on Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 05:48:09PM %2B0200 References: <fc095e5449e0739a22fccbb1dec015c5@san.rr.com> <20050605004510.E95513@carver.gumbysoft.com> <Pine.SOC.4.61.0506051525560.21292@tea.blinkenlights.nl> <20050605154809.GA34872@stack.nl>
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On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 05:48:09PM +0200, Dean Strik wrote: > Sten Spans wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Doug White wrote: > > > > >On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Evan Sayer wrote: > > > > > >>Can anyone recommend a reliable gigabit NIC for a Sun Ultra 5 under > > >>FreeBSD 5.2.1? > > > > > >Considering the U5 only has 32 bit 33MHz PCI, it'll never even get close > > >to pushing that much b/w so as long as its supported under sparc64 you > > >should be fine. > > > > Sun gigabit 1/2 isn't supported afaik. > > Er, I guess gem(4) covers that, though I haven't ever tried one in a > FreeBSD box yet. > It at least doesn't support the fibre ones as those use a SERDES chip instead of a MII bus with a PHY chip and gem(4) currently doesn't support the former. I think there are no GEM based copper GigE cards from Sun.
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