using ConnectX card as Ethernet (mlxen)

[John Nielsen]

On Dec 12, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Anthony Cornehl <accornehl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is an issue with the sysfs/sysctl abstraction for storing values.
>> Whups.
>> 
>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=174213
> 
> I have a patch for the sysctl<->sysfs shim that corrects it to
> function when storing/showing values and makes it function more like
> Linux. Setting the value works on CURRENT

Great news! I'll definitely play with this when the hardware is available again (probably in a month or two).

> when changing to eth mode a
> single caveat: when changing the mode for the card, you need to do it
> for the last port.

[helpful info and examples trimmed]

Thanks,

JN