From nobody Tue Jun 29 05:27:26 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-drivers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA60E11F308F for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 05:27:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GDXzp3wmLz3pfc; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 05:27:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@freebsd.org) Received: from auth2-smtp.messagingengine.com (auth2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.228]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: philip/mail) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 69B6620954; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 05:27:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@freebsd.org) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61FE027C0054; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 01:27:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 29 Jun 2021 01:27:34 -0400 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrfeehhedgleduucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffoffkjghfgggtsehttdhmtdertddtnecuhfhrohhmpefrhhhilhhi phcurfgrvghpshcuoehphhhilhhiphesfhhrvggvsghsugdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrth htvghrnhepvdfgtdelvdfggeegheefgfevtdekhfejledugfdvfeetgfduudelgedtledu kedunecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepph hhihhlihhpodhmvghsmhhtphgruhhthhhpvghrshhonhgrlhhithihqdduudeiiedviedv geekqddvfeehudektddtkedqphhhihhlihhppeepfhhrvggvsghsugdrohhrghesthhroh husghlvgdrihhs X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 01:27:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Philip Paeps To: Saima Baig Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: regarding broadcom netxtreme Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:27:26 +0800 X-Mailer: MailMate (1.14r5816) Message-ID: <2C9BE398-1FBE-4AC7-A00E-65EF258BEE6D@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: References: List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-drivers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; markup=markdown X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 2021-06-25 11:31:51 (+0800), Saima Baig wrote: > I'd like to learn more about the architecture of broadcom netxtreme > and > freebsd's infrastructure of the network device driver. > > Is that a good driver to start with or is there something more > "pedantic"? I would recommend one of the Intel iflib drivers and maybe the vtnet driver if you're just getting started. Maybe one of the older 10/100 drivers could be instructional too. But I'm not sure if I could actually "recommend" any of them. :-) Philip -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Alternative Enterprises