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Subject: Re: Intel Dual PRO/1000 Nic - Setup of shared code failed
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Christopher Sean Hilton writes:

>  >> I just got an Intel Dual gigabit nic that I planned to use with
>  >> FreeBSD 7-STABLE.
>  >
>  > 	I'm using this on
>  >
>  > FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Apr 19 23:17:00 EDT 2008 i386
>  >
>  >
>  > 	with no problems.
>  
>  Sounds cool. I had one going in an older laptop as early as 5.x-STABLE  
>  I'm pretty sure it's strongly supported by FreeBSD.

	Actually, the code is cotributed/maintained by Intel.

>  Did you have to do anything special to get it going?

huff@>> more /boot/loader.conf | grep _em
if_em_load="YES"

	Your mileage may vary.


			Robert Huff