From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 8 13:09:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13BD0106567E for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:09:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 015F98FC19 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:09:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F22141CC031; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 06:09:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 06:09:45 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Gary Wilson Message-ID: <20080608130945.GA60675@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: jfvogel@gmail.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 82571EB NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:09:46 -0000 On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 01:00:03PM +0100, Gary Wilson wrote: > I have been trying to determine (pre-purchasing) whether an Intel > 82571EB - PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adaptor will work with: > > FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p11 i386 > > I am setting up a pfsense firewall and need a fiber NIC, the current > documentation on 6.2R for both (i386 and ia64) mention that: > > "The em(4) driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Intel > 82540, 82541ER, 82541PI, 82542, 82543, 82544, 82545, 82546, 82546EB, > 82546GB, 82547, 82571, 82572 and 82573 controller chips", but this makes I see 82571 listed in the above list. However, I'm not sure if the EB revision is different enough to justify separate mention. The em(4) driver does appear to have some fibre support, indicated via the "1000baseSX" operational mode. I've CC'd Jack Vogel, author of the em(4) driver, to confirm or deny support for the LC fibre model. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |