From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 1 21:03:52 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 A161D16A531 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 21:03:52 +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 2296F4548F for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 20:45:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from willay@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so1229451uge for ; Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:45:05 -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=dwDuwlsyIf89/ZlpdvV+qtIiCJEVQNSGoUNzgNL3uT+l3h08CoIGQYHOILGnnoiHy/xcjzlANxDw5U2XvNF1fHmZPxVz16MtcSsIF68LCQlGirQG0wd0Ls3wpGBwHrdRImbl/LoL+rGBPn3wY435X0HVPjJA2EqM45kuf6HdP4M= Received: by 10.67.26.7 with SMTP id d7mr4285927ugj; Sat, 01 Jul 2006 13:45:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.29.5 with HTTP; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:45:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 21:45:04 +0100 From: William To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" In-Reply-To: <002f01c69d46$789e9c50$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org> <44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org> <44A4D20C.9040307@mawer.org> <002f01c69d46$789e9c50$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> Cc: Antony Mawer , 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: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:03:52 -0000 Bloody good point. On 01/07/06, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > How will you cvsup without a network connection? > > Ted > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William" > To: "Antony Mawer" > Cc: > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:51 AM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4 > > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > > >