Re: Intel 82599 with non-Intel SFP+'s?

2010-05-11 Thread Patrick Klos
Jack Vogel wrote: Intel can only support a finite set of hardware, it is NOT a matter of it being some "Intel" part, its a matter of some SFPs that are out there DO NOT WORK, so engineering here was able to delimit, validate, and thus certify a specific set of SFPs, the software check is there

Re: Intel 82599 with non-Intel SFP+'s?

2010-05-11 Thread Jack Vogel
Intel can only support a finite set of hardware, it is NOT a matter of it being some "Intel" part, its a matter of some SFPs that are out there DO NOT WORK, so engineering here was able to delimit, validate, and thus certify a specific set of SFPs, the software check is there to make sure that you

Intel 82599 with non-Intel SFP+'s?

2010-05-11 Thread Patrick Klos
Hello, I am building a packet capture box based on the Intel 82599 controller in a FreeBSD box. I purchased the Intel Ethernet X520 cards and Finisar SFP+'s, but apparently the 82599 does not support non-Intel SFP+'s? The code in the driver checks for the SFP vendor if a bit in the device c