Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 11:44:32 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, desars@gmail.com Subject: Re: Gigabit Ethernet controller support (Intel 82563) Message-ID: <200903041044.n24AiWDF037984@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <49AE1263.2010702@gmail.com>
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Emmanuel de Sars wrote: > looking for a clear answer about the Intel 82563 eth. controller support > in FreeBSD, As far as I can tell, the intel 82563 is _not_ an Ethernet controller, but a MAC/PHY chip. It is supported by FreeBSD. If you want to kow if your Ethernet controller is supported, we need to know what controller it is (e.g. vendor ID and product ID from "pciconf -lv" output). I think that the support for intel NICs is very good, thanks to Jack Vogel, so yours will probably work fine with either the em(4) or igb(4) driver. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Python tricks" is a tough one, cuz the language is so clean. E.g., C makes an art of confusing pointers with arrays and strings, which leads to lotsa neat pointer tricks; APL mistakes everything for an array, leading to neat one-liners; and Perl confuses everything period, making each line a joyous adventure <wink>. -- Tim Peters
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