Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:30:03 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: jester@panix.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drivers for NIC (igb vs em)? Message-ID: <20200430053003.243b10a9.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20200429165235.GA17720@panix.com> References: <20200429165235.GA17720@panix.com>
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:52:35 -0400, jester@panix.com wrote:
> I have a motherboard with two built-in NICs. These appear as em0
> and igb0. I'm just wondering why these are created with different
> drivers, instead of as em0 and em1 or igb0 and igb1. Is this
> something I have any control over?
Unlike Linux, where network devices are typically enumerated
depending on the order they are detected in, FreeBSD uses a
device name according to the hardware found.
The diver manuals ("man 4 <name>") state:
em - Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver
igb - Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet adapter driver
So your mainboard has two _different_ kinds of networking hardware
installed, that's why FreeBSD loads the appropriate driver for each
one, leading to different names.
> If it's relevant, the output of lspci for the Ethernet controllers only:
>
> $ sudo lspci -v
>
> [...]
>
> 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM (rev 31)
> Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 15b7
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
> Memory at df100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
> Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> Capabilities: [e0] PCI Advanced Features
>
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
> Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1533
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
> Memory at df000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> I/O ports at e000
> Memory at df080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
> Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
> Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+
> Capabilities: [70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=5 Masked-
> Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
> Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
> Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number d0-50-99-ff-ff-c1-f6-ab
> Capabilities: [1a0] Transaction Processing Hints
As you can see from the 1st line of each entry, lspci confirms
that you're dealing with two different models (both made by
Intel, though).
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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