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Date:      Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:07:26 -0700
From:      "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        jfv@freebsd.org, Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ICH9 ethernet part (82566) woes
Message-ID:  <2a41acea0709241007k374d7a88paa17d2e08791c4cb@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200709241238.00177.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
References:  <200709201818.04408.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200709211308.43424.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <2a41acea0709202322p5241bde5l7baec78fd13a4c71@mail.gmail.com> <200709241238.00177.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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On 9/23/07, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Jack Vogel wrote:
> > Then on the side menu pick network connectivity, then server adapter,
> > and select an adapter, it shouldnt matter which. Once at that page
> > there is a pulldown for OS, select FreeBSD and tada...
>
> I found this ->
> http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-006120.htm
>
> Which leads me to v6.4.1 which claims support for the part in question
> (checking the source shows the PCI ID)
>
> It also has patches for TSO, although it appears to be optional.
>
> I just installed it and it appears to work fine, I haven't done any
> performance testing though, however I am only interested in basic
> connectivity.
>
> > I just looked however and the latest on there is from the last
> > release, 6.5.6 which is only for 7.  E1000 was not the real focus of
> > this release, the new Oplin 10G was, however as I said, 6.6.6 has the
> > nice feature of compiling on both OS versions, and it has the support
> > you need.
> >
> > Just give them a week and I think it will be there, maybe I can take
> > a break from my other work and get to the MFC.
>
> As the 6.4.1 driver works I am happy :)

Yes, that's just one release earlier than the one I suggested, but if you're
happy, hey, who am I to complain :)

Jack



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