From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 09:41:18 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 6C529106564A for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:41:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.wilson@coull.com) Received: from derbyexchange.derby.coullmedia.com (mailgate.coullmedia.com [194.42.250.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9472E8FC0A for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:40:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.wilson@coull.com) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 10:40:44 +0100 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0806082022y48c31f65qd59b724fa80c43c8@mail.gmail.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Intel 82571EB NIC Thread-Index: AcjJ4A3Bn6Va2RPcSX+geufshFYl6wANL2eA References: <20080608130945.GA60675@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <2a41acea0806082022y48c31f65qd59b724fa80c43c8@mail.gmail.com> From: "Gary Wilson" To: "Jack Vogel" , "Jeremy Chadwick" Cc: 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 09:41:18 -0000 Thank you both! That is great news. Take it easy. -----Original Message----- From: Jack Vogel [mailto:jfvogel@gmail.com]=20 Sent: 09 June 2008 04:22 To: Jeremy Chadwick Cc: Gary Wilson; freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 82571EB NIC 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