On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 09:33, Bernd Schemmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> can I use IP instances with every kind of network adapter?
Hey Bernd,
That is actually answered in the crossbow project FAQ.
Can any NIC be used with IP Instances?
Only NICs supported by the Generic LAN Driver version 3 (GLDv3) are
supported with IP Instances. The way to determine if a NIC is GLDv3, run
the dladm(1m) command with the 'show-link' subcommand and look for links
that are not of type 'legacy'.
This is how non-GLDv3 interfaces will look.
# dladm show-link
eri0 type: legacy mtu: 1500 device: eri0
qfe0 type: legacy mtu: 1500 device: qfe0
qfe1 type: legacy mtu: 1500 device: qfe1
qfe2 type: legacy mtu: 1500 device: qfe2
qfe3 type: legacy mtu: 1500 device: qfe3
And how GLDv3 interfaces look.
dladm show-link
bge0 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: bge0
bge1 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: bge1
bge1001 type: vlan 1 mtu: 1500 device: bge1
bge2001 type: vlan 2 mtu: 1500 device: bge1
bge2 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: bge2
bge3 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 device: bge3
aggr1 type: non-vlan mtu: 1500 aggregation: key 1
* Which NICs are known to work with IP Instances?
* afe (nv build 73)
* bge
* dfme (nv build 73)
* e1000g
* eri (nv build 73)
* hme (nv build 73)
* iprb (nv build 73)
* ixgb
* mxfe (nv build 73)
* nge
* nxge
* qfe (nv build 73)
* rge
* rtls (nv build 73)
* xge
* ath (nv only)
* Which NICs don't work with IP Instances?
* ce
* dnet
* elx
* ge
* ixge
* spwr
However, a shim is planned as part of Nemu Unification within Project
Clearview that will allow those interfaces to be used together with IP
Instances. (The list is based on most of the NICs for which drivers are
included in Solaris.)
So follow project clearview http://opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/
for progress reports. I don't know what the Solaris 10 putback plans
are for this, but one of the fine folks over there might be able to
share
them.
bob
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