From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Fri Apr 27 18:26:34 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@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 C7A63FAF25A for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@disroot.org) Received: from knopi.disroot.org (knopi.disroot.org [178.21.23.139]) (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 5AB2579C8F for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:26:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@disroot.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391992E075 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:26:33 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1524853593; bh=4utKKidajOrQwSNhp8lZ3v6g3XnJ1v3wJsJWv120Kc8=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=Rx/JS1X+khzfPx3kB6DYKj05vc59TvlqBXeEkArUsajhqMJ0XEZQPEWcvNtSzzmqG 8WjqpUL1RLzV66/vR41ok+8o4XWJzlUB50r74tquBsgEJCLnJnahlZ1n4Owl5ap+kf Ut/9/EsdfE5VUbSGpZXCoxsL6SXed3ZlyyK0Jaun6/RbnUQK4f9EkpSFuY9ca66Ixp D6xKuGtDV2JuDl0cEYanoQgFq7KRtpls3mYikMWzyZ+d0dOPgYQ4+J+S9EnmxZLB6U NjgJ0Cs/Q6vbHFmU/AgbvbWpdqmphvWcg6wxd7Makx3kNJ1cF7HykryHUVUIdVFvOF DzqnEYTbjM9nw== X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at disroot.org Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail01.disroot.lan [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gPIqDcpB8DOQ for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:26:31 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Broadcom 5719 Ethernet - Does it work yet? DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1524853591; bh=4utKKidajOrQwSNhp8lZ3v6g3XnJ1v3wJsJWv120Kc8=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=v35fKxJZ2kzmebumLroS8XUPcbdE42SZvN0WdPnoDRnxlE+0JNph+OCbcCTpnJlEn gNu9fbXtA6x+6iG7uu8E9wBrPUj5Te2tZc+WwvxdlX1vt46UnuT/jMC/1EZokE805K OiYl9TP4PsjaqCtLPtceMpU3Gd78H7PJ8UFMseOlnoA3h4a6s5jvfBm+eSP7ELUGiX Oz3S0Xp9U0U2rajY5zcd1tIu1u7HDxKSkwOtqC/8GfKp1UeFFrIUF6WF0qXz6Q+o2M e3DSDDFa5uPhFa3wCxsiirM1VGdqDuFiPBJFulF5dC40qmDhTrv/3nBsNR2snbhTYq IMZWVfJ/S55mw== To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: From: "Peter G." Message-ID: <0640b50d-6a52-1da6-4006-6db4ec7c8b74@disroot.org> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 20:26:21 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:26:35 -0000 On 23/04/2018 08:01, Dieter BSD wrote: > Question 1: It appears that there were/are problems with both Dell > cards and HP cards. Is there something special about these cards > that could keep FreeBSD from working with them? Do they need to be > in Dell/HP systems or would they work in a vanilla machine? > (I'm thinking of getting one for a vanilla machine but only if it works.) > The 5719 and 5720 are the same except for 4 ports vs 2 ports, right? I have a few R-series Dell servers of the 12th. They all come with onboard 5720. Ethernet works with bge(4), generic settings. Running 11.1-RELEASE on all those systems. "works" means here "they can run, sure", but long term stability is, from my experience, let's say, less than ideal. I've had one server losing network already twice within 3 months with polling, and another losing network once, for no apparent reason, no polling. Already replaced the first one with intel i350-t2. The other one is still running 5720, to be replaced with prolly i210. If you want to buy new, don't. Get Intel i350 or i210 instead. Been running i350-t2 on another system under constant high load, no problems for over a year now. -- PG