From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Apr 1 17:41: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mikea.ath.cx (okc-65-30-192-11.mmcable.com [65.30.192.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA05237B419 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:40:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mikea@localhost) by mikea.ath.cx (8.11.6/8.11.1) id g321enu15532 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 1 Apr 2002 19:40:49 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mikea) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 19:40:49 -0600 From: mikea To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for INTEL high-end server cards Message-ID: <20020401194049.A15504@mikea.ath.cx> Mail-Followup-To: mikea , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020401203416.01fb67e0@192.168.1.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020401203416.01fb67e0@192.168.1.1>; from forrie@forrie.com on Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 08:37:14PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 08:37:14PM -0500, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > Is there support somewhere for the high-end Intel (fxp) server optimized > network cards? This one I have has the Intel i960 chip, the model number > might be 687231-006. > > I ask because the lastest FreeBSD 4.5 snapshot installation did not pick up > this card, so I used a lower-end 3com. There is indeed support. I have multiple machines at work and one at home with fxp cards; they just sit there and move data fast. I'm more than somewhat surprised that your install didn't see the fxp card "out of the box", so to speak. Mine always have. -- Mike Andrews mikea@mikea.ath.cx Tired old sysadmin since 1964 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message