From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Tue Sep 27 19:32:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5F84BEC559 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:32:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leeb@ratnaling.org) Received: from mail-vk0-x22a.google.com (mail-vk0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 943C615C for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:32:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leeb@ratnaling.org) Received: by mail-vk0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id z126so23488269vkd.0 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:32:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ratnaling-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=qHlJh0Dz+/q6X/McQY064D9lnaeqEdG8UomtN6gVFYs=; b=FDX5A85GD03LKeGgPylJUSPC2a5dlg3z/NwdBQNbJmeh6gmDScz/A4/Gu/b2BZDkui QwvXDxsigFuyF0qoGsrAd067A1GFeoLNDpqKR/uoBHmRAA4VycuPKVYyCoIC5Li2viFx kgefJkwg/bIUKl8u7Lu3KBQ1uN3udHN4QE+nqBvNZMHVnkRFzYCnAjHsO8sy8S5/BHzv o6VNnZHqTTJ7NFg7/g7zZS6y9382I/C3zZP534nyQ2SOqESRJYKhLvfrovzb6vIF0YPd 77xw4W4kwBjXsFFa24jr51ebbVD0Bsvn0Cs6Kp2P77jJvJE+cQErcHr968Ik3r+ec4mU +mjg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=qHlJh0Dz+/q6X/McQY064D9lnaeqEdG8UomtN6gVFYs=; b=duHVW/eaiWTc0RfzV654uoDc6G8USBPLBfc6f742ZW2MjE0v8YQDcX1cW9kq3SEV/U EK6otXa1v6navgE0VGLXqzjOEKhgRBxYssW15LW6IiWTknLci0eqbL5Pz1MrNWzknSaA gP4Gepaw9uIlA6AgF7jwBPlevGY+QWPQSqxo6tVHoMGmTtarScaQW2UnnPNGIIQwHA66 SLKlt3y8UKJ5X4l/RD0W90xZzT23Zr7QfWAHq/HU6i5bVAjPnRVl1GOXnBwoIK/PVcKJ UVS+bpivDBRl6NZJDsERiEUj6YBT5/giu7qkSGGYhUcMIIre/IFMgoYcr6t58LcW+unf zc0A== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9RlSy3afyRUMCY3mblSFw0p0gF8PUoOhA+08s2Q9AfC+/7AkWogRXNw9HqBURzAp5q29jGvEMfwnY0VidA== X-Received: by 10.31.136.213 with SMTP id k204mr12325526vkd.67.1475004770509; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:32:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.176.65.38 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:32:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <53c8aa26-6bd5-22ed-8987-f901451e4dfd@freebsd.org> <1bcdca11-54de-c827-7f61-b06250dd2e67@freebsd.org> From: Lee Brown Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:32:49 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Will this card (probably) work? To: Jack Vogel Cc: freebsd-net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:32:51 -0000 On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Jack Vogel wrote: > Its not that they, whoever they is :). "use" the Intel PCID, no, it really > IS the Intel device, > but it's silicon, not an assembled adapter, its that part which is being > done by someone > else, and btw, the components to support 4 port type adapters have been > notoriously > problematic in the past, so having it done by someone besides Intel is at > least a potential > source of concern. > > Do you know if 2-port adapters are generally more reliable? I could revise my server purchase so I can stuff a couple of cards in there, instead of one. > I wish you the best, > Thanks :)