From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 19 19:56:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CCB11065686 for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 19:56:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emorras@xroff.net) Received: from xroff.net (xroff.net [200.46.208.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A2B68FC1A for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 19:56:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emorras@xroff.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by xroff.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 080EB4FC945 for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 19:37:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from xroff.net ([200.46.208.231]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 77005-08 for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 16:37:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from argente-2005.xroff.net (83.173.186.39.dyn.user.ono.com [83.173.186.39]) by xroff.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7512E4FC814 for ; Tue, 19 May 2009 19:37:27 +0000 (UTC) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 21:37:23 +0200 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Eduardo Morras Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Message-Id: <20090519193727.7512E4FC814@xroff.net> Subject: Question about PCIe networks X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 19:56:18 -0000 Hello, don't know if this has been discussed but here it goes. I have read recently this http://www.wwpi.com/hardware/hardware/6540-ethernet-tunneling-through-pci-express-inter-processor-communication-low-latency-storage-io It's about using PCIe to connect 2 servers directly, without using ethernet or other hardware. Can it be done in FreeBSD? What is needed to know? TIA