Intel can only support a finite set of hardware, it is NOT a matter of it being some "Intel" part, its a matter of some SFPs that are out there DO NOT WORK, so engineering here was able to delimit, validate, and thus certify a specific set of SFPs, the software check is there to make sure that you use something we can know works.
Jack On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Patrick Klos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am building a packet capture box based on the Intel 82599 controller in a > FreeBSD box. I purchased the Intel Ethernet X520 cards and Finisar SFP+'s, > but apparently the 82599 does not support non-Intel SFP+'s? The code in the > driver checks for the SFP vendor if a bit in the device capabilities is not > set: > > ixgbe_get_device_caps(hw, &enforce_sfp); > if (!(enforce_sfp & IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP)) { > // check if the PHY is Intel only > } > > Any idea how to set the IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP bit in the > hardware? Is it even settable? Why does the 82599 care? I can't find any > reference to it in the 82599 datasheet. > > Thanks, > > Patrick Klos > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > [email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
