On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 10:55 AM Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > > On 2020-10-19, Harald Dunkel <harald.dun...@aixigo.com> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I am about to order 2 network appliances, providing an > > "Inphi CS4223 for 4x 10GbE SFP+". > > This is the PHY (physical interface layer) not the NIC type itself. > Since the gigabit are listed as i211 (which *is* a NIC type) it would > seem likely they are attached to the main chipset. > > I can't say for sure but I think there's a high chance that the 10G > will work, and at least some of the 1G will work, but you might run into > problems with the 1G "bypass" ports. > > dmesg would be of interest :) > >
1G works over the SFP , I don't remember having a bypass port on the SFPs when i tested the thing Very difficult to have more speed, apparently some kernel quirks are limiting that according to comment in the code i saw. I tested against a dlink ethernet to SFP , on loopback and with some deverton based hardware. -- -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do
