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Date:      Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:13:21 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        "Pressey\, Marty G \(CGI Federal\)" <marty.pressey@cgifederal.com>, "freebsd-questions\@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NIC Compatibility for 11.2
Message-ID:  <23948.11473.262718.97402@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20190926005825.edadd0fe.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <1BB9A8B635A5E84EBAC902C3A01120D4013AB3B69A@OP1-S-EX-C5.cgifederal.com> <20190926005825.edadd0fe.freebsd@edvax.de>

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Polytropon writes:

>  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?

	In addition to matching the model id, you may also need to match
the specific chip version - which is what actually counts.  I have this
unconfirmed memory that Intel has been known to use the same model id
for multiple chip versions.  Doesn't matter for Windows; for FreeBSD
... very much.



			Respectfully,


				Robert Huff




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