Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:15:42 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Alex Heiphetz <mysql-freebsd@home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress PRO / PRO100+ Message-ID: <200006280715.AAA19743@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:59:47 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006272045410.32758-100000@dt052n3e.san.rr.com>
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>> Well, it might work. It depends on the specific card rev. It should >> definately work on FreeBSD 4.x...you might consider upgrading. > > I've been meaning to respond do the list with the results of my >recent research on this. Intel split the "Etherexpress Pro/100+" into two >lines, the Management Adapter and the Server Adapter (both with Pro/100+ >in the name, and based on the 82559 chip). The main difference between the >two is that the Management card has the wake-on-lan (WOL) stuff built in, >and comes with the little cables that connect to an ATX motherboard. It >also has the PXE stuff that Paul Saab et al are developing for FreeBSD >now. The Server card has some features that look promising, but in the >fine print it tells you that these are Windows specific. The main compatibility issue seems to be the size of the SEEPROM that the driver reads the configuration data from (like the MAC address). Some of the newer cards had 256 words while the others have 64 words. The driver was originally written for only the 64 word type since that was all that was documented in the Intel design guide. I didn't add support for the larger SEEPROMs until >4.0. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Manufacturer of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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