Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:10:57 +0800 From: "John Ryan" <jryan@kgv.edu.hk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Gigabit ethernet support Message-ID: <003c01c05dc9$bb68ef80$7502010a@int.kgv.edu.hk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I'm after some help on what gigabit ethernet card is supported on FreeBSD. I'm using FreeBSD4.2-STABLE. From what I've read, I've dug up the following info. GENERIC has an entry for a wx - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card (``Wiseman''). 'man wx' says it's for "the original WISEMAN and the newer LIVENGOOD chipsets" /usr/src/sys/pci/if_wx.c says it's the "Intel Gigabit Ethernet (82452) Driver" http://www.intel.com/network/products/pro1000giga.htm talks about an 82543GC Gigabit Controller. There are 2 NICs, a Pro/1000T and a Pro/1000FS. Intel don't seem to make any mention of Wiseman or Livengood chipsets. My questions are: 1. Is the 82543GC Gigabit Controller from Intel supported? and 2. Do both the fibre optic and UTP versions work? John Ryan KGV School Hong Kong [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm after some help on what gigabit ethernet card is supported on FreeBSD. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm using FreeBSD4.2-STABLE. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From what I've read, I've dug up the following info.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>GENERIC has an entry for a wx - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card (``Wiseman''). </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'man wx' says it's for "the original WISEMAN and the newer LIVENGOOD chipsets"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>/usr/src/sys/pci/if_wx.c says it's the "Intel Gigabit Ethernet (82452) Driver"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.intel.com/network/products/pro1000giga.htm">http://www.intel.com/network/products/pro1000giga.htm</A> talks about an 82543GC Gigabit Controller. There are 2 NICs, a Pro/1000T and a Pro/1000FS.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Intel don't seem to make any mention of Wiseman or Livengood chipsets.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My questions are: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Is the 82543GC Gigabit Controller from Intel supported? and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Do both the fibre optic and UTP versions work?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Ryan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>KGV School</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hong Kong</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>help
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