I have no issues on my gen 8 microsever with on board nics. On 13 Nov 2014 22:20, "Peter Kelm via smartos-discuss" < [email protected]> wrote:
> All, > > FYI - and for the record: When I started using SmartOS the stock bge > driver didn't work with the builtin BCM5720 NICs in our HP Gen 8 > Microservers with messages: "bge_chip_poll_engine failed". I was able to > integrate the Broadcom Solaris driver source into my platform build and the > buitin NICs worked. > > Just today I decided to update my SmartOS version from > joyent_20140508T130949Z to joyent_20141112T164658Z. Instead of applying my > patches I also decided to give the stock driver a second chance - guess > what: Works great!!! Seems like the Aug 12 commit "5042 stop using > deprecated atomic functions" made all the difference! > > Although I performed only limited testing with that new platform version > it seems fair to say that the BCM5720 can be counted as supported! > > Marvelous!!! Thanks everyone involved!!! > > Peter > > ------------------------------------------- > smartos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26617859-103233bd > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
