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Subject: RE: a baby's first words
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:49:25 -0800
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From: "Brian Stark" <brian.stark@onstor.com>
To: "Andy Sharp" <andy.sharp@onstor.com>

Andy,

No, all Bobcat revs have the LUC.  As I mentioned in my earlier message,
the first rev of the FP-GE board on Cheetah does what you're asking for
with the TXRX GigE ports, but I doubt any of them are still around.  If
we have one, it's most likely here in Pleasanton, and I'll let you know
if I find one that works.

The FP SiByte on Bobcat also does what you're looking with the Ethernet
ports, but these ports don't go outside the box.  They connect over to
the Marvell system controller and are part of the datapath out to
storage.  Don't worry if this doesn't make sense because it probably
doesn't help us to do this anyway!


Brian

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sharp [mailto:andy.sharp@onstor.com]=20
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:42 AM
> To: Brian Stark
> Subject: Re: a baby's first words
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> On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 11:31:45 -0800 "Brian Stark"
> <brian.stark@onstor.com> wrote:
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> > Andy,
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> > Even if we don't get any further on the TXRX on Bobcat,=20
> this is great=20
> > progress.
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> > Here's an option for you to consider that I just thought=20
> of.  The FP=20
> > SiByte on the Bobcat 2260 runs in GigE instead of FIFO mode and=20
> > connects directly to the Marvell system controller GigE ports.
> > Although there's no PHY involved and you wouldn't be able to get=20
> > packets out to the LAN network, you could loop then back at the=20
> > Marvell.  I'm not sure this buys you anything, but I=20
> thought I'd throw=20
> > it out there.
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> Thanks Brian, although I'm not sure I followed all of that.
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> What I'm hoping is that somewhere there is an old bobcat mobo=20
> without the LUC chip on it, possibly laying in a corner or=20
> holding a door open or something ... any chance of that? =20
> Prototype board made before we decided to put the LUC chip on=20
> all models, something like that.
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> Cheers,
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> a
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