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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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On Sun, Oct 17, 2004 at 03:54:04PM -0400, NetAdmin wrote:
>     Saw the mention of "em nics" and wanted to double check for my own
> piece of mind...  I have a Supermicro SuperServer 5013G-I P4 3.06GHz 1U
> with Dual Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet that I'm waiting to put 5.3
> Release on. =20
> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.2R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET shows -
> Gigabit Ethernet NICs based on the Intel 82542 and 82543 controller
> chips (gx(4) and em(4) drivers), plus NICs supported by the Intel
> 82540EM, 82544, 82545EM, and 82546EB controller chips (em(4) driver
> only)
>     Can I safely presume (without getting flamed) that my nic's will be
> supported?

If they work in 4.x, they'll work in 5.x.

Kris
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