[OmniOS-discuss] Dell R720 & Broadcom ethernet

[Saso Kiselkov]

On 12/26/13, 8:19 PM, Dale Ghent wrote:
> On Dec 26, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Saso Kiselkov <skiselkov.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/26/13, 7:55 PM, Dale Ghent wrote:
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>>> Broadcomm does have GLDv3 drivers for "Solaris" - whether it'll work on Illumos derivatives would be a quick and easy experiment with hopefully favorable results.
>>>
>>> http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netxtremeii10.php
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>> The Dell R720 doesn't use NetExtreme II NICs. They use the newer NetLink
>> NICs, for which even Broadcom remarks on their driver site:
>> "Note: Broadcom does not offer UnixWare, SCO and Solaris drivers for
>> NetLink Ethernet controllers."
> 
> The driver I linked purports to cover the 578xx chips, which are the chipsets that Scott quoted as being the ones he has on his server…

You're right, I got the numbers mixed up. My bad.

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Saso