On 2008-Sep-09 01:49:43 -0700, Kip Macy <kmacy_at_freebsd.org> wrote: >On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy_at_optushome.com.au> wrote: >> I have a Sun X4447A quad GigE card that I would like to use with >> FreeBSD. It is supported by Solaris nxge(7D) and Linux niu. The >> PCIid is 0x108e[Sun] 0xabcd. >> >> Whilst there's a nxge(4) driver in FreeBSD, this appears to be for >> a totally different NIC. > >It is for a neterion card. I wasn't sure if Sun had rebadged it - but obviously not. >> Is anyone working on a FreeBSD driver for this card? >> >Back when I had time I asked for the docs. They were not forthcoming. >I don't know if they're available now. Marvell owns the IP rights. http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs points to http://mediacast.sun.com/share/barton808/Neptune_PRM1.4.2o.pdf I haven't looked at it closely enough to determine whether you could write a driver from it. (And, at this stage, I don't have time to write the driver myself, though I'm willing to help debug it if someone has a alpha or beta one lying around). >> (Note that whilst I want to use the card in a PC, I believe the >> embedded NIC in the Sun T-2 is the same device). > >It is largely, although I I don't know if the programming interface is >the same. The NIU is documented in the same PRM as the T2. The FOSSdocs site points to the T2 architecture supplement for the T2 NIU. I haven't gotten to that document yet. -- Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.
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