From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 3 00:23:13 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 6B35F16A590 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 00:23:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd-questions@mawer.org) Received: from mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EA6943D58 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 00:23:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fbsd-questions@mawer.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (c220-237-120-88.thorn1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.237.120.88]) by mail11.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k630N19i019648; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:23:03 +1000 Message-ID: <44A862F5.80203@mawer.org> Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:21:09 -1000 From: Antony Mawer User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: William , Antony Mawer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt References: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> <20060630072718.GA69997@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20060630072718.GA69997@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:23:13 -0000 On 29/06/2006 9:27 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:56:00AM +0100, William wrote: >> Antony, >> >> 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? > > That is a PRO/1000 MT card, which is a PCI-X adapter and is supported > by the standard em(4) driver in FreeBSD 6.x, > > The PRO/1000 PT mentioned below is a PCI-Express adapter and is not > supported by the standard driver in 6.x, but (as mentioned) should > be supported by the driver available from Intel. If you wish to utilise the PCI Express expansion slots by using a Pro/1000 PT network adapter, the procedure to follow might be something like be this: 1. Install 6.1-RELEASE from CD, being sure to install the kernel source 2. Obtain the latest Intel driver for FreeBSD 6.x (if it is still not available on the website, email me and I will send it to you) 3. Burn the driver onto a CD or other media and copy it onto the server 4. Extract the driver source, and copy the if_em* files across into /usr/src/sys/dev/em/ 5. Build a new kernel (GENERIC will suffice) which will utilise the new driver source (cd /usr/src && make buildkernel) 6. Install the kernel and reboot (make installkernel) You should now have a working network with your Pro/1000 PT... Regards Antony