Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:43:06 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Ian Lord <mailing-lists@msdi.ca>, Jiri Mikulas <konfer@mikulas.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI-E 1x network adapter Message-ID: <20051210164306.39668.qmail@web33301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <7.0.0.16.2.20051209043008.04db6550@Msdi.ca>
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--- Ian Lord <mailing-lists@msdi.ca> wrote: > At 04:17 2005-12-09, Jiri Mikulas wrote: > >Hello > >I'm looking for PCI-Express 1x network adapter > for FBSD-6 > >I found adpaters only for PCI-X in > documentation, > >on google I didn't find much more :(... > > > >Is there any PCI-E adapter supported ? > >Could you recommend me any adapter, plase ? > >Thanks for reply. > >Jiri > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > We use Intel's dual ports gigabit adapters in > dell's servers with > freebsd 6 without any problem. > > They are supported by the "em" driver Note that 1x PCI-E isn't fast enough to fully support gigabit speeds. Its about equivalent to running on a 32bit bus performance-wise. You need 4x to get full gig performance. In other words, if your MB has a PCI-X bus also, use it instead. Danial __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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