Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:58:25 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Pressey, Marty G (CGI Federal)" <marty.pressey@cgifederal.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NIC Compatibility for 11.2 Message-ID: <20190926005825.edadd0fe.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1BB9A8B635A5E84EBAC902C3A01120D4013AB3B69A@OP1-S-EX-C5.cgifederal.com> References: <1BB9A8B635A5E84EBAC902C3A01120D4013AB3B69A@OP1-S-EX-C5.cgifederal.com>
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 21:39:51 +0000, Pressey, Marty G (CGI Federal) wrote: > I have a question regarding Ethernet NIC compatibility. > According to your compatibility list at > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.2R/hardware.html#ethernet, > there are five (5) different Intel PRO/1000 MT NIC's listed. > However, the 2 we are looking for are not on the list. Since > the list is more than a year old, I'm wondering if there has > been any additional testing to verify compatibility of these > NIC's or if you can tell me if FreeBSD will support the use > of these NIC's. I've included the two (2) we are using listed > below. You can always look at the current version of the manual for the corresponding driver, in this case, the "em" driver: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?em(4) Or on a FreeBSD system: "man 4 em". ;-) It seems that the list is identical. > The reason for my question is that we are using a 3rd party > software product that is using FreeBSD as its initial boot OS. > Unfortunately, the vendor can't answer my question regarding > compatibility. > > Intel PRO/1000 MT Network Connection > Intel PRO/1000 MT Network Connection E1G60 Yes, those are not on the list. However, this doesn't automatically imply that they don't work. If you have the option of "trial & error", test the cards. If they are recognized, the "em" driver gets loaded, and they should just work(TM). If not, return the cards. (Yes, I know, this isn't always possible, but if it is possible for you, give it a try.) I say this because several "PRO/1000 MT" models are listed, so it could be possible that except the naming is a little bit different, you're refering to one of them? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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