Matt, Neither do I. But I had issues with older SmartOS versions (May 2014 and earlier) where the NICs failed when using the stock driver. Fortunately those issues do not exist anymore with current platform versions.
Best, Peter Am 14.11.2014 um 18:37 schrieb Matthew Frost via smartos-discuss <[email protected]>: > 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 | Modify Your Subscription Kelm Engineering Karl-Bröger-Str. 46 91074 Herzogenaurach Germany Tel: +49 (9132) 745325 Fax: +49 (9132) 9060596 eMail: [email protected] ------------------------------------------- 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
