Kosta Todorovic wrote:
2 more questions:
1) Is there anything special I will need to compile in terms of the
linux kernel for 64-bit PCI bus mode (PCI-X) ? (Currently I'm using
kernel 2.4.x but that is because my current card drivers do not
support 2.6.x)
Nothing special...2.4 and 2.6 kernels since way back will work just fine.
2) The machine actually has a PCI extension with 9 other PCI-X slots.
The current cards are 64-bit (pci-x) but as a test i'm planning on
replacing them with DLinks DFE-580tx's. Unfortunately these are 32-bit
cards (legacy pci). How will these 4 ports work in 32-bit mode? What
will the effect be on the speed?
If you put a 33Mhz NIC in a PCI-X bus it makes the entire bus run at
33Mhz speed.
If you do want full backwards compatibility, get the 'universal' 4-port
broadcom NIC from silicom-usa. It works fine in 32-bit PCI busses, and
though I haven't personally tested it, it should work fine in PCI-X
busses at high speed as well.
Ben
On 5/19/05, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kosta Todorovic wrote:
Whats the best 4-port NIC currently available? I'm interested in
purchasing 10 4-port NICs as a replacement for my current cards.
I am looking for 10/100Mbps and a good driver for linux (2.4.x and
2.6.x). Preferably a mainstream company but thats not priority.
Could the community please recommend the best card available? Money is
not an issue since im really interested in the best of the best.
Get an Intel 4-port GigE NIC. It will do 10/100/1000, and if you really
want to use all 4 ports at even 100Mbps, you need the 64-bit PCI bus...
I have been getting mine from silicom-usa.com lately. They also have
6-port NICs, and 4-port broadcom GigE nics that can be used in 32-bit
PCI slots. (The Intel 4-port NICs will only work in 64-bit PCI slots.)
If you really want 10/100 nics, try the p430tx from aei:
http://www.aei-it.com/hardware/fastenet/p430tx.htm
These are like the old DFE570tx NICs, and use the tulip driver. They
are almost as expensive as the GigE NICs though...
Thanks,
Ben
Any suggestions?
Regards,
Kosta
On 3/11/05, Kosta Todorovic <kostodo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My company has recently purchased several ZNYX ZX274 network cards.
These cards are Four Channel, 10/100 PCI Adapters. They use Intel chipsets.
Unfortunately there exists no drivers for linux amd64 architecture.
There are 32bit drivers found at:
http://www.znyx.com/support/drivers/ZX374_drivers.htm but naturally
they wont compile under my amd64 system.
The driver itself is called znb.o and can be downloaded from ZNYX's
website. I spoke to support staff there but they told me they have
discontinued support and development for this series of cards.
The system I am running gentoo and have tried both 2.4.x and 2.6.x
kernels but no luck.
Unfortunately there is NO 64bit drivers available for ANY platform. not even MS.
Does anyone know of a customised znb.o driver built for amd64?
Is there any chance of anyone modifying the source code of the driver
to compile under a amd64 system?
I've noticed that "tulip" drivers get loaded as a module at boot time.
but they dont function correctly. (lets you start the device and
attach ips but cant talk through it)
Is there any variants of the tulip driver that will work for this?
Help much appreciated.
/proc/pci extract for network cards:
Bus 5, device 5, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip
21142/43 (#30) (rev 65).
IRQ 30.
Master Capable. Latency=128. Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
I/O at 0x0 [0x7f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfa1ff400 [0xfa1ff7ff].
Bus 5, device 4, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip
21142/43 (#29) (rev 65).
IRQ 29.
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=20.Max Lat=40.
I/O at 0x0 [0x7f].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf9f00000 [0xf9f003ff].
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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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