> On 2016-08-17 23:16, Eric Furman wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016, at 01:53 PM, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > >> ML mail [mlnos...@yahoo.com] wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > Will OpenBSD 6.0 support the Intel XL710 network interface cards? > >> > > >> > >> I think someone was working on the Intel 40Gbps chipset but don't > >> remember > >> who. In any event, the first releast that might include this code is > >> OpenBSD 6.1. The 6.0 release is already set. > >> > > > > It might be available sooner, in -current, if someone were to buy some > > and send them to the project. I suggest the OP since he requested > > this support. I would, but they are in the $400-$500 range and that > > is too pricey for me at the moment. > > Just about the chip, at least several XL710 cards support the "40GSFP+ > CR4 to 4x SFP+ break out cable", which makes a dual-port XL710 card > deliver *8x* separate 10gbit ethernet connections. > > That makes it the highest-ethernet connector density card available > today to the best of my awareness. > > Here's how it looks > http://www.10gtek.com/QSFP+-(40G)-to-4x-SFP+-(10G)-Cable-191 (there are > more manufacturers).
That's great, really appreciate your input "tinker" On a related note, if you install a Hemi engine in a Honda CRX, it will blow your socks right off, right into the next province or county. We haven't got a Hemi. Haven't got a spare CRX either. It sounds like you have access to such expensive hardware in your day job. We don't. Who didn't solve that problem? People like you. Do you wish me to ask the OpenBSD Foundation for access to such hardware so that we can support it -- apparently for your benefit or else your mail is easily interpeted as a mock -- rather than asking for funds to be spent in valuable directions like hackathons, which may produce code to do so? Please Mr. Anon, indicate your preference. I would feel uncomfortable finishing this conversation leaving an impression that a misc mailer called "tinker" is a well-funded agent speaking with knowledge about expensive hardware which I know little about BECAUSE NONE OF US HAVE IT, because Tinker didn't put them it into our hands. Why would I not say such a thing? It might lead us to believe that tinker is someone trying to mock everyone on this list. http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#60d I suspect your feelings of entitlement towards your paycheque is the problem. I'm am very glad I walked away from that trap 25 years ago, because that allowed me to work with people who give a shit beyond posturing on a mailing list using non-future-enhancing short-term phrases like 'That makes it the highest-ethernet connector density card available today to the best of my awareness." I'm glad your words got you somewhere "tinker". Around here, you come off like a dick who didn't help everyone.
