From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 30 07:52:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1851F16A407 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:52:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from willay@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C94EC43D5E for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:52:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willay@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so770607uge for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:51:59 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=UZtkrMKXi/9CnttTNt296P6PsM2ygfVsIlH/IQ3tutMNAw5F69eectjafi0AWgkfB6ogQFLe04agEOjofMVHYQBI5QgkoKPtrsSyFViGhW53eKJsojF0NBEv1mYiSdb2U2Aui2rD/52QADUc1ff1J0XwjLqBzagLU81Jb9QSjaA= Received: by 10.66.243.2 with SMTP id q2mr2800203ugh; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:51:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.29.5 with HTTP; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:51:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:51:59 +0100 From: William To: "Antony Mawer" In-Reply-To: <44A4D20C.9040307@mawer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> <44A4D20C.9040307@mawer.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:52:02 -0000 Will i get the updated driver by just cvsup'ing to stable once I install -STABLE from CD? On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer wrote: > On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote: > > I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the > > code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server > > Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? > > The adapter you mentioned is a PCI-X adapter, which won't work unless > you purchase the optional PCI-X riser card to replace the standard one > in the DL320 G4. The standard riser card provides PCI Express slots (1 > half height, 1 full height), that are not compatible with PCI-X (or > regular PCI). You will need to either: > > 1) Purchase the PCI-X riser, and then use your existing card > (provided that FreeBSD 6.x will recognise it) > > 2) Purchase a PCI Express NIC, which will (likely) _not_ work with > the standard driver in 6.x. > > Option 1 may or may not work with the standard 6.x driver; I know the > PCI Express one definately does NOT. > > That being said, it is _very_ simple to add the updated Intel driver and > rebuild the kernel if you need to do so (for either option): I'd be > happy to help you with the steps you need to do so if you require. > > Regards > Antony >