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Date:      Sat, 1 Jul 2006 12:42:21 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "William" <willay@gmail.com>, "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions@mawer.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
Message-ID:  <002f01c69d46$789e9c50$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
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How will you cvsup without a network connection?

Ted

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William" <willay@gmail.com>
To: "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions@mawer.org>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:51 AM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4


> Will i get the updated driver by just cvsup'ing to stable once I
> install -STABLE from CD?
>
> On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions@mawer.org> wrote:
> > 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
> >
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