From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 03:51:07 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 677E41065672 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 03:51:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373838FC24 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 03:51:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so1504794wah.3 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:51:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=yD+pwsHaB25Zkph8K2sqXLPJI9zvGHwSooe1MTPEalg=; b=LSO3NKxcwi9RWWITcgdpriFq6grl0OjHQ+WjJ8qRPESvp43dEG29KbPI6/YDvnt478 REmLq1w7uZzQGMGB46V5C9z2N0j/EpMIwlCxUb4drshr5YgemT+I4PI8AFBjWUo7vqFZ SIyJtaJcwzuOBt7E+VCsgp0uii3xadsnyjorQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=pMiaRltLZaahisVELlJw5JDO8J5nWJME8P93jB/mysUVoUFp4vz6hoWvagnx9y2DX4 CChvlHDsebVXf4CBGZpBbqEi2shqhZ7RmUf6uv+5v9LfWEppoaa9iXqrn98LbIXQRRDQ A10p0tMrpFwHuM+TDgyEeSRJZi6ufp1MRt5Rg= Received: by 10.114.202.15 with SMTP id z15mr2724138waf.88.1212981735665; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:22:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.174.13 with HTTP; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:22:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0806082022y48c31f65qd59b724fa80c43c8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:22:15 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Jeremy Chadwick" In-Reply-To: <20080608130945.GA60675@eos.sc1.parodius.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080608130945.GA60675@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Cc: Gary Wilson , 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: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:51:07 -0000 On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > 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. Yes, it is supported although not common, it should work no problem. Jack