From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Dec 5 9: 8:32 2000 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 09:08:29 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 504C037B400 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:08:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeppo.feral.com (IDENT:mjacob@zeppo [192.67.166.71]) by feral.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA20860; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:08:23 -0800 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:08:17 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: john@student.kgv.edu.hk Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel wiseman and livengood gigabit ethernet support In-Reply-To: <20001205165956.8089737B400@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Not yet. I have a card being sent to me soon so I can try and make it work. > > I'm after some help on what gigabit ethernet card is supported on FreeBSD. > I'm using FreeBSD4.2-STABLE. > >From what I've read, I've dug up the following info. > > GENERIC has an entry for a wx - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card (``Wiseman''). > 'man wx' says it's for "the original WISEMAN and the newer LIVENGOOD chipsets" > /usr/src/sys/pci/if_wx.c says it's the "Intel Gigabit Ethernet (82452) Driver" > > http://www.intel.com/network/products/pro1000giga.htm talks about an 82543GC > Gigabit Controller. There are 2 NICs, a Pro/1000T and a Pro/1000FS. > Intel don't seem to make any mention of Wiseman or Livengood chipsets. > > My questions are: > 1. Is the 82543GC Gigabit Controller from Intel supported? and > 2. Do both the fibre optic and UTP versions work? > > John Ryan > Systems Manager > KGV School > Hong Kong > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message