Garrett D'Amore writes: > 1) testing -- my last SPARC system with onboard hme died a while back > 2) testing -- I have no sbus hme ports -- a Sun Ultra 2 or some > other system with sbus qfe or sunswift would be helpful here.
Since I think you're still on the SWAN, try lrt2: http://lrt2.sfbay.sun.com/index.php I'm pretty sure we have some available test systems like that. > 4) perf. testing -- the above changes "potentially" have performance > impact. I think on any supported CPU that these cards run on, the > simplifications will greatly outweigh the savings formerly afforded by > the "private" dvma interface this driver used to use "Good luck." I think that PAE has some test infrastructure for this, but I don't know the details. Perhaps someone on Crossbow could help. > Now, the good news is that the entire effort here has only taken me a > few hours. But I figure if I can help out some of these folks with > those older qfe cards, its probably worth it. And the simplification in > the code, and getting one closer to elimination of the "private" dvma > interface is IMO a worthy goal. Indeed. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[email protected]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
