hi, On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 12:19:42PM -0700, Tom Bombadil wrote: > This subject always comes up in the list, but due to the evolving nature > of the the driver, we (non-developers) always have to keep bugging > people about it. > > How's the status of the broadcom bge(4) drive? > Is it stable and fast enough? >
there are several different broadcom chipsets with different characteristics supported by the bge(4) driver and there will be also the new bnx(4) driver in 4.0 for the Broadcom NetXtreme II chipsets. i think it's working much better now and is stable and fast. > > Many of the big server makers (HP, sun, etc) seem to be using broadcoms, > and we really need to get away from our Dell boxes with em(4) card, as > they crash like crazy with 3.9 stable. > take care that most of the onboard dual broadcoms do not support jumbo frames because they're based on the cheapset bge(4) variants. for example, the sun x2100 comes with a nfe(4) and a non-jumbo bge(4) variant. same for the ibm x346. hp uses the nice jumbo-capable broadcoms in the bigger servers (like the DL385) and the cheap ones in the small pizzas (like the DL145 G2). > Any suggestion about a "brand name" server to use for a FW is very > welcomed... > it's your choice ;). most of them use the same chipsets... > Thanks > btw.: do you have any crash/bug reports why your dell boxes with em(4) "crash like crazy"? reyk
