From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 23 15:02:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC56516A401 for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:02:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2A913C4AC for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:02:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so353609ugh for ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:02:12 -0800 (PST) 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:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ZPNmhvjqDSD0Jr8ZVxRHfcVrnDmOe1V5v1BvEpnI3ArRvCRrxGCbxJtSe6G4MAqzuI2EVJqhua7ztYwmdpkAL/LAlXyrrU0ZdOxwZAvrBdAAAvsmS5WZa/VdNgMeqw65fX0XbmuokYWYm/7Lw/UwaXuHpraGLTBpMkqY0WIOgcA= 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:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=k4ofXXa5pGjOSoCGx7a37pBKjo6+/df00ffX8w7qcZfr0HHcf4K4b66JS8z/10L0E/qIdvkLvtq52ZhE08+8ViF0P/xebRrLSlDSPw1rpiRkiT7w5Qgib0VR4L0FknbPaa9TgOd/8Px4hvLiCrKSE5p0M2AL8Q+6F03SFe5WI7I= Received: by 10.78.204.7 with SMTP id b7mr176498hug.1172242932206; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:02:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.100.9 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:02:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:02:12 +0100 From: "Claus Guttesen" To: "John Nielsen" In-Reply-To: <200702230947.42074.lists@jnielsen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070223110654.770d3904@DELOREAN.manuelmartini.it> <0a807254b24ef0be5d38e9959401a605@127.0.0.1> <200702230947.42074.lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: Martin , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Marian Hettwer Subject: Re: Stable on Blade server X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:02:13 -0000 > > > We're 100% FreeBSD-only and i was looking to buy IBM blade servers: can > > > anyone reccomend any of them? models? particular hw/firmware/misc > > > I can also recommend HP blades in general. I haven't had a chance to play with > FreeBSD on one, but the hardware is solid and the management interface is > good. There's a JVM-based remote console that works on most platforms I've > tried as well as the IE-only one. The IE-only one has built-in floppy/CD > support and a couple other tricks, but there's also a standalone JVM-based > media applet. > > I'm 99% sure that the built-in SAS controller is supported by ciss(4), and 90% > sure that the built-in ethernet controller is supported, probably by bge(4). > I'm not sure about the fibre controllers. Wait until support for the SerDes controller has been MFC'ed to stable. The ciss-controller is supported allright but the integrated NIC is currently not. regards Claus