Re: Supported network adapters

[BERTRAND Joël <joel.bertrand%systella.fr@localhost>]

Jonathan A. Kollasch a écrit :
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:47:41AM +0200, BERTRAND Joël wrote:
>> 	Hello,
>>
>> 	As re(4) doesn't run as expected with jumbo frames enabled, I am
>> considering changing my network card. I would like to know if the
>> i225-LM chipset is supported by NetBSD (9). I have seen that some newer
>> 10 Gbe are supported but no information about i225. Of course, with
>> jumbo frames ;-)
>>
>> 	Best regards,
>>
>> 	JKB
> 
> As far as I know, we do not support i225 already.  Linux's driver for
> the i225 is seperate from both their three(!) drivers that we cover in
> wm(4), and the drivers for the 10GbE (ixg(4)/ixv(4)) and 40GbE
> (ixl(4)/iavf(4)) designs.  I imagine FreeBSD has a i225 driver we might
> be able to port.

	Thanks for your answer, but if I have choice between i225 support and
jumbo frame on re(4) fix, I prefer the second choice ;-)

	JKB