From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 30 07:39:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B585116A403 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:39:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd-questions@mawer.org) Received: from mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony5.iinet.net.au (ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony5.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74CB4441D for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:39:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd-questions@mawer.org) Received: from 203-206-173-235.perm.iinet.net.au (HELO [127.0.0.1]) ([203.206.173.235]) by mail-ihug.icp-qv1-irony5.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 30 Jun 2006 15:26:07 +0800 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,194,1149436800"; d="scan'208"; a="821499360:sNHT33961570208" Message-ID: <44A4D20C.9040307@mawer.org> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:26:04 +1000 From: Antony Mawer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: William References: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 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: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:39:02 -0000 On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote: > I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the > code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server > Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? The adapter you mentioned is a PCI-X adapter, which won't work unless you purchase the optional PCI-X riser card to replace the standard one in the DL320 G4. The standard riser card provides PCI Express slots (1 half height, 1 full height), that are not compatible with PCI-X (or regular PCI). You will need to either: 1) Purchase the PCI-X riser, and then use your existing card (provided that FreeBSD 6.x will recognise it) 2) Purchase a PCI Express NIC, which will (likely) _not_ work with the standard driver in 6.x. Option 1 may or may not work with the standard 6.x driver; I know the PCI Express one definately does NOT. That being said, it is _very_ simple to add the updated Intel driver and rebuild the kernel if you need to do so (for either option): I'd be happy to help you with the steps you need to do so if you require. Regards Antony