Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:49:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com> To: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Hooman Fazaeli <ebastan10@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: broadcom 57710 support Message-ID: <634188.92246.qm@web63905.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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=0A=0A--- On Tue, 7/21/09, Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Att= ila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu>=0A> Subject: Re: broadcom 57710 support=0A> To: "Barn= ey Cordoba" <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com>=0A> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Ho= oman Fazaeli" <ebastan10@yahoo.com>=0A> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 8:51 = AM=0A> Barney Cordoba wrote:=0A> >> Any one knows if there is any near plan= to develop=0A> drivers=0A> >> for=0A> >> =0A> >> network cards based on br= oadcom NetXtereme II=0A> 57710=0A> >> =0A> >> 10 GbE controller?=0A> >> =0A= > >> -----------------------=0A> >> best regards=0A> >> Hooman Fazaeli=0A> = >>=A0 =A0=A0=A0=0A> > =0A> > Ok, I'll bite. What is so special about this= =0A> particular part that you simply must use it in your 10GbE=0A> server?= =0A> > =0A> >=A0=A0=A0=0A> A possible cause -at least for me- is that HP sw= itched from=0A> the Gigabit Broadcoms for these 10GE versions. So newer=0A>= machines (for example the HP BL460c G6) come with Broadcom=0A> 57711 inste= ad of the 57xx ones (supported by bge and bce).=0A> =0A=0AI wouldn't use a = "new" server that doesn't support Nehelam. You're better=0Aoff getting a 1U= server that has exactly what you want in it, rather than=0Ahaving to hope = that whoever happens to write a driver for this new part=0Adoes a good job.= Even then you're stuck with last year's CPU model, =0Aguaranteeing 20% les= s performance. =0A=0ABarney=0A=0A=0A
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