From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 13:55:48 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C94616A404 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:55:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27BDC13C46C for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 13:55:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id r28so313855nza for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:55:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=miKlM8GFPvcjEndr+WvfmC9C9c+tUnYtxbO3LedddX90kM6FXSaRqdy6r4PT5H+Mc464vV6dgMMTJtdXHNNGBv7R02ryQ26UGLAeJ0PHie7LmhlzkdEB8hFwrwAOu4UARqdgDiN8hkOzcHZpLaCpbv0BQVUWSGtV0qS8wAVz8aQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=KgKxKRNhr89UtF+OjjR+1LSkdaek+qk/UwzGwcW63kvKIu+7HnXk2K/5uzpTXp/laN7x8Qdr6sr5G+mP3VTXI7CdOnRX1bg+4qahym700mtqaZtFck75LuRbGkgD78c+hjTzb/f2nVsctgbAZ+SJcLKrDzF94+SIL3NmvPriX7w= Received: by 10.114.157.1 with SMTP id f1mr765316wae.1175781344735; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:55:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.166.10 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 06:55:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 16:55:44 +0300 From: "George Kontostanos" To: "John Baldwin" In-Reply-To: <200703301545.48686.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200703301040.37285.jhb@freebsd.org> <200703301545.48686.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP BL460c X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:55:48 -0000 Hi John, I tested the blades on the AMD platform with the Embedded NC370i Network adapter and it works fine under 6-stable. I was wondering if there is any patch that I could apply under 6-2 release for that network adapter. The reason I'm asking is because we are talking for 3 servers 2ns and 1mail and it would make me feel better following the release branch. Thanks again, George Kontostanos On 3/30/07, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Friday 30 March 2007 01:41:47 pm George Kontostanos wrote: > > On 3/30/07, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > > > On Friday 30 March 2007 09:46:53 am George Kontostanos wrote: > > > > Greetings everyone, > > > > > > > > We are about to proceed to a major upgrade for our servers. I was > > > looking > > > > at the new HP ProLiant BL460c witch according to the technical specs > at: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/c-class/460c/specifications.htmlcomes > > > > with the embedded NC370i network controller. However, after a lot of > > > > goggling I found out that there are compatibility problems with that > > > > controller. Any suggestions are kindly welcomed. > > > > > > If it's the bce(4) part with SerDes RELENG_6 will support it, though > 6.2 > > > doesn't. 6.3 will include fully support however. > > > > > > -- > > > John Baldwin > > > > > > It is the : > > > > Embedded NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter Network Processor > > Broadcom 5706 > > > > I saw that HP ships that adapter only in the AMD platform which I'm > > considering of purchasing. > > Any ideas about that ? > > That should work with bce(4) in 6.x-stable. > > -- > John Baldwin >