From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 1 21:53:40 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 D1FA916A407 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 21:53:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B469B44824 for ; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 19:41:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from coolf89ea26645 (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id k61JfRx78985; Sat, 1 Jul 2006 12:41:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Message-ID: <002f01c69d46$789e9c50$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "William" , "Antony Mawer" References: <000a01c69699$665c1030$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645><002701c6969e$7b4ed180$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645><44A4B603.1070403@mawer.org><44A4BFA3.8090503@mawer.org><44A4D20C.9040307@mawer.org> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 12:42:21 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 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: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:53:40 -0000 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" >