From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 08:08:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7814B1065686; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:08:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganbold@micom.mng.net) Received: from publicd.ub.mng.net (publicd.ub.mng.net [202.179.0.88]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E070F8FC28; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:08:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ganbold@micom.mng.net) Received: from [202.179.0.164] (helo=daemon.micom.mng.net) by publicd.ub.mng.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1K4Whg-0009n8-R5; Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:49:40 +0800 Message-ID: <4848EC14.8060700@micom.mng.net> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:49:40 +0800 From: Ganbold User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080415) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jack Vogel References: <2a41acea0805030014x244e1311v945e23266961193d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0805030014x244e1311v945e23266961193d@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=78F6425E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jfv@freebsd.org, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" , FreeBSD Stable List Subject: Re: MFC of em/igb drivers 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, 06 Jun 2008 08:08:33 -0000 Jack Vogel wrote: > I got the new drivers in Friday afternoon for those that don't see CVS > messages. > > The igb driver is for 82575 and 82576 adapters, it has multiqueue support and > MSIX, there will be more server type enhancements in that driver as I get the > time. > > The em driver now will be client oriented, the latest hardware support however > is for 82574, Hartwell, which is a really nice low cost PCIE dual-port adapter, > that actually also has MSIX. This first released support for it will > use 3 interrupt > vectors, one for TX, one for RX, and Link. The hardware actually supports 5 > vectors, so I am planning to add support for another RX and TX queue as my > schedule allows. > > Hartwell is also the first adapter that has IEEE 1588 PTP support, the driver > provides init and an ioctl interface to use that facility, I hope we > see software > support follow on soon. This is an early announcement, I am not sure on > exact dates for availability but they should be soon. > > As ever, issues and bugs should be sent to me. Cheers everyone! > > Jack > Jack, I have Intel Gigabit card and FreeBSD-7.0-STABLE recognizes it as following: ... em0@pci0:0:25:0: class=0x020000 card=0x2800103c chip=0x104a8086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82566DM Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet ... # uname -an FreeBSD test.ub.mng.net 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Thu Jun 5 11:12:34 ULAT 2008 tsgan@test.ub.mng.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FIREWALL i386 It has some problem, 1000baseTX connection status almost never goes to active in bridged mode, sometimes it goes to active but then immediately it goes to no carrier. (The other end is Cisco4507R, Gigabit Ethernet port) ... em0: flags=8943 metric 0 mtu 1500 options=198 ether 00:0f:fe:82:23:db media: Ethernet 1000baseTX (autoselect) status: no carrier ... Any idea how to solve this issue? thanks, Ganbold > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- Q: How many pre-med's does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Five: One to change the bulb and four to pull the ladder out from under him.