Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:57:08 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhb@freebsd.org Cc: h8msft@gmail.com, freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM5709S ethernet adapter driver. Message-ID: <20090919.095708.2009459858.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20090919.095624.-1408366588.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <dd2bb6b50909180701p5bf8c301u33b0be6de29b82cc@mail.gmail.com> <4AB49138.4090206@FreeBSD.org> <20090919.095624.-1408366588.imp@bsdimp.com>
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M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: In message: <4AB49138.4090206@FreeBSD.org>
: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> writes:
: : Bob McClure wrote:
: : > Greetings Driver Experts.
: : >
: : > I am trying to find out if anyone is working on adding driver support for
: : > a Broadcom BCM5709S Ethernet adapter on FreeBSD.
: : >
: : >
: : > I will have the opportunity to migrate some of my servers to IBM LS42 Blade
: : > servers. I am told this is the only
: : >
: : > adapter available, so selecting another interface at least at this point is
: : > not an option.
: : >
: : >
: : > Any input will be greatly appreciated.
: :
: : A patch was recently posted to the lists from the forums I believe and
: : marius@ was going to review it when he gets some time. I believe the
: : patch was reported as working for both 7 and 8. I think it was posted
: : to hackers@ IIRC.
:
: Yes. Sam and I have reviewed the patches as well, and there's
: problems with them. While they appear to work, they are frobbing bits
: that shouldn't need to be frobbed relating to receiving beacons
: (effectively putting the card into promiscuous mode, iirc), which will
: have a performance problem. This is why I've not just pushed the
: patches into the tree...
Ooops, wrong thread about a BCM part. Ignore what I just said. It
applies to a wireless part.
Warner
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