From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 10 00:43:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7504616A401 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:43:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C8B13C481 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:43:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from BLUELAPIS.sentex.ca (cage.simianscience.com [64.7.134.1]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l1A0hfC5039017; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:43:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) From: Mike Tancsa To: Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:43:54 -0500 Message-ID: <385qs2h1o7r0sfnk49kiufv317dpb87k7k@4ax.com> References: <45CB89B3.1020400@skoberne.net> In-Reply-To: <45CB89B3.1020400@skoberne.net> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(1) 6.2.9 driver on FreeBSD 5.5? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:43:43 -0000 On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:36:03 +0100, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: >Hello, > >I have a HP ProLiant server with Intel PCI express gigabit ethernet >card. Relevant output of pciconf -v -l: > >none1@pci1:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x10838086 chip=3D0x10b98086 = rev=3D0x06 hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Intel Corporation' > class =3D network > subclass =3D ethernet > >I have FreeBSD 5.5 and the FreeBSD kernel driver doesn't want to load = it. >If I download the driver from Intel pages and try to compile it, I get = this: Why not just upgrade your box via cvsup to 6.2 ? It will then have the proper intel drivers as well as have a much more robust version of =46reeBSD ? ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)