From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 3 17:56:50 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 7AAF716A4A0 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:56:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from willay@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA24A43D80 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 17:56:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willay@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so1719919uge for ; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:56:44 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=lpOFQM+d6miAtcEo/1ULWq5dJtY8DpcFkr4yuRFKl3b2/jYWkNi+35UbToPZTPb9LEn2Q5826yBuTvpH4nE5RX7eAeYVzujJVj5MZN0Mc+4h8Gx7VA9ra/J4zTBnE/4oUFkjwr0kgRY8XUrgv9LNT6K2tmzG3Luz8iP6Ixmw9Rg= Received: by 10.67.93.6 with SMTP id v6mr6036327ugl; Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.29.5 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:56:44 +0100 From: William To: "Antony Mawer" In-Reply-To: <44A862F5.80203@mawer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> <20060630072718.GA69997@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <44A862F5.80203@mawer.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt 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 17:56:50 -0000 Did you guys say the card I've got in another box wont fit into a 320? On 03/07/06, Antony Mawer wrote: > 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 > >