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/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
