Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:56:31 -0700 From: Hector Lecuanda <hlecuanda@gmail.com> To: Jade Spangenberg <jspangenberg@speche.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em(4) support for 82573 1000/PRO nic on 5.x [was: Re: em on 5.x] Message-ID: <d11141ae050922125642991dc8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050922181347.VWPJ20345.outaamta01.mail.tds.net@frick> References: <d11141ae05092210096cd98c6d@mail.gmail.com> <20050922181347.VWPJ20345.outaamta01.mail.tds.net@frick>
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On 9/22/05, Jade Spangenberg <jspangenberg@speche.com> wrote: > I had this same issue with an Intel Pro 1000 nic. I just > downloaded/installed the current driver from Intel and all was good. The > driver I'm referring to is here: > > http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr= =3DN&I > nst=3DYes&ProductID=3D838&DwnldID=3D9159&strOSs=3D52&OSFullName=3DFreeBSD= *&lang=3Deng > > Hope that helps. > > --Jade > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Hector Lecuanda > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:10 PM > To: Gavin Atkinson > Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; John Baldwin > Subject: Re: em(4) support for 82573 1000/PRO nic on 5.x [was: Re: em on > 5.x] > > On 9/22/05, Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 13:53 -0700, Hector Lecuanda wrote: > > > On 9/20/05, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 20 September 2005 01:55 pm, Hector Lecuanda wrote: > > > > > I have an Intel 82573 1000/PRO nic. I've seen that the 4.x branch > > > > > supports this device, but 5.x does not. > > > > > > > > > > Is support for this device to be included in the near future? > > > > > who can I contact regarding patches to make it work? > > > > > > > > Erm, the em(4) driver is in 5.x. Also, this mailing list is more f= or > > > > questions about writing device drivers. For more general questions > try > > > > either the questions@ or stable@ mailing lists. > > > > > > Thank you, i will redirect my query to the appropriate mailing list. > > > > > > Perhaps i should have explained that the em(4) driver in 4.x does > > > include support for the Intel 82573 1000/PRO nic; while the one in 5.= x > > > does not. =3D( > > > > > > Is it planned to merge the work on 4.x to 5.x and HEAD? > > > i tried to recompile the kernel with the 4.x sources for the em(4) > > > driver, but obviously a lot has changed in the kernel, and as luck > > > would have it, my attempt did not yield any success. > > > > Support seems to be in HEAD and therefore 6.x already. It looks like 5 > > has simply been missed. I suspect all that is needed in the 5 branch > > are the following changes, though that is untested: > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-all/2005-May/121728.html > > > > I actually have one of the affected cards which I was planning to use i= n > > a 5-STABLE machine in the (semi-)near future, thanks for pointing out > > the issue! > > > > Gavin > > > > > How can I get the patches to update my source? i've been fiddling with > cvsup and the web interface for CVS, but no luck.. hehe.. there must > be a straightforward way and i cant seem to figure it out.. > > thx > > > -- > -Hector Lecuanda > PGP Public Key / Llave Publica PGP: > http://lecuanda.com/pgp_pubkey.asc > http://lecuanda.com/pgp_pubkey.txt Indeed, the driver from intel worked like a charm... you may want to download it from ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/9159/eng/em-3.2.15.tar.gz since intel's website breaks lynx or CURL... -- -Hector Lecuanda PGP Public Key / Llave Publica PGP: http://lecuanda.com/pgp_pubkey.asc http://lecuanda.com/pgp_pubkey.txt
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