Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:55:20 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCIe NIC for FreeBSD 5.5 Message-ID: <200704230655.20662.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200704230338.l3N3c33m064369@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <200704230338.l3N3c33m064369@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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On Sunday 22 April 2007 22:38:03 Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, > > I have been askedto install FreeBSD on a server, but I had no saying > on the procurement of the server. > > It ends up to be an HP 380G5, with onboard Broadcom based NIC that is > not supported and only PCIe extension slots. > > I am wondering what NIC I could buy that would be PCIe, x4 or x8, and > supported by FreeBSD 5.5. > > Best regards, > > Olivier > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" any particular reason why youre note going with 6.2? i have 6.2 running on several DL G4's and G5's (couple ML's in there too), and they all have no trouble with the broadcom nics. also, both my laptop and desktop have the broadcoms as well, and again, they work very nicely... in 6.2. but to field your question more directly, surely Intel has a pcie version of their nics. thats what i would choose if i were pressed to buy something other than what came on the system's board. cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com
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