From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 3 22:29:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (peter1.yahoo.com [208.48.107.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BBBD37B601 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:29:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B1D91CDF; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:29:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Bruce Bauman Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 82559ER and fxp driver In-Reply-To: Message from Bruce Bauman of "Mon, 03 Apr 2000 10:53:48 EDT." <200004031448.KAA12035@mail.tvol.com> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:29:40 -0700 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20000404052940.2B1D91CDF@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bruce Bauman wrote: > Has anyone had success with FreeBSD 4.x and the fxp driver when used with > an Intel 82559ER chip? I believe this chip is the same as a normal 82559 > but with some of the management functions removed. > > The device ID is different so the current driver doesn't recognize it, but > if I modify the code to recognize the device is it likely to work? > > Thanks. It is likely to work (try it!). The 82559 cards have a small serial eeprom that contains all sorts of configuration information, including the PCI vendor and device ID's - essentially they can be changed trivially. I think that it can also be used to control which features are active - but I don't think it can be reprogrammed on the card. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message