From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 16 14:41:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9CC916A4CE for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:41:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from northgate.starhub.net.sg (northgate.starhub.net.sg [203.117.1.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E47A343D49 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:41:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chamaras@singnet.com.sg) Received: from smtp.starhub.net.sg (cm143.omega239.maxonline.com.sg [218.186.239.143])iBGEfN9c005079; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:41:23 +0800 (SST) In-Reply-To: <20041216134602.GL1122@unixpages.org> To: Christian Brueffer MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.3 September 14, 2004 Message-ID: From: KC Somaratne Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:31:04 +0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Notes Client on KC Somaratne/KC Somaratne(Release 6.5.3|September 14, 2004) at 16-12-2004 10:31:16 PM, Serialize complete at 16-12-2004 10:31:16 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP NC7170 Dual Port PCI-X 1000T Gigabit Server Adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:41:27 -0000 Hi, Thanks for your reply. I noticed that this indeed was using the Intel 82546EB chip after sending the e-mail to the list. Anyway I can feel a bit more comfortable in getting this now! thnks n rgds -kc. Christian Brueffer wrote on 16-12-2004 09:46:02 PM: > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 07:54:01PM +0800, KC Somaratne wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there going to be any support for the above HP EtherNet > > card in FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE? > > > > Most of the HP cards listed in the hardware notes for this > > relase seem to be end-of-life by HP..! > > > > According to the HP website this card uses the Intel 82546EB chip, > which is supported by the em(4) driver. > > The card should work out of the box on 5.3-RELEASE. > > - Christian > > -- > Christian Brueffer chris@unixpages.org brueffer@FreeBSD.org > GPG Key: http://people.freebsd.org/~brueffer/brueffer.key.asc > GPG Fingerprint: A5C8 2099 19FF AACA F41B B29B 6C76 178C A0ED 982D > [attachment "attxqtt7.dat" deleted by KC Somaratne/KC Somaratne]