From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Mon Mar 26 22:29:49 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46C09F717B1; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:29:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from spindle.one-eyed-alien.net (spindle.one-eyed-alien.net [199.48.129.229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E94CD78714; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:29:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: by spindle.one-eyed-alien.net (Postfix, from userid 3001) id 511865A9F16; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:29:42 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:29:42 +0000 From: Brooks Davis To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Calling nxge(4) users Message-ID: <20180326222942.GB42437@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20180325184032.GA42437@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <201803252009.w2PK9Rjk043533@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pvezYHf7grwyp3Bc" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201803252009.w2PK9Rjk043533@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 22:29:49 -0000 --pvezYHf7grwyp3Bc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 01:09:27PM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > The nxge(4) driver for the Neterion Xframe-I and Xframe-II 10GbE > > adapters has obvious bugs (by inspection) and it doesn't appear the > > company exists any more. We'd like to see if there are any significant > > users of this device and plan to remove it from FreeBSD-12 if not. > >=20 > > -- Brooks >=20 > Neterion has been acquired by exar.=20 > https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=3D1173009 >=20 > They have the datasheet for the Xframe-I here: > https://www.exar.com/ds/xframedatasheet.pdf >=20 > The cards appear to be readily avaliable on ebay. Given that most of these cards appear to have been PCI-X and the product failed in the market, I'm not finding that compelling. One could buy a Chelsio or Intel card for a similar price and have a supported driver. Unless someone has a significant deployment of these cards that will run past the EOL of FreeBSD 11 (2021) this driver is a net negative. -- Brooks --pvezYHf7grwyp3Bc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJauXRVAAoJEKzQXbSebgfAza8H/iJ6bdHMZ/Vbl2q1F2ytd1cl MxUszVU0g77ld7cjan6zu0AgcIh7yhfCDXJBkuNvmE6RyuAdz0dJGnWElrq4DQo2 wrIkhbNAmsZojGqUwatiEcmNtz8zTfm4gOwGA4qjAqOXfdFFMhCBnktrZ4EZ1oUk 4ANq9EHqhOphEL4AgNGAJnqIN+9ywoIrZhI5VzjOe9CRusQ73Ym/H9BmoSa1d2Pg WZWKNJBpC5/bbv0UVFEAPhI6lJwLsXa8jsNTr0Zvds13RuZXBJMpX/XEFk2SjVgb MmD0WAbT5CoG4zruSRmB6KI5F8xNDhVWb4GUZApKCKIFnR8oZCHgjfj7oohgukY= =TB/r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pvezYHf7grwyp3Bc--