From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 24 17:07:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F73516A41A for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:07:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AB5513C46A for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:07:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so1225343nfb for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:07:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=IfFlDnXwj/oJy8lkHCGAL2v+nyqJ9L93rRobaxgASP4=; b=sL0zV+yHkMZZXbrz9LsVWPnGgz5HgwhKPM43jf6W5TFqMofXWD3jdNYxLQjDCxHWyurSGYNCl2gF86txXWdjBLSJ9fKP9BToBTIuYwr/h4KZOFzdSSaoi009TeRYHgs+SRITeRJqPL2x7wvETjaEOdbJq4HliqrPAgjAzvjqNlQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=NeWICKDMgdaKXa/1iiWc/T37KeCgiipyvRCd9TgAQ9BC+cDB6UFbWxUzHNBQDLDaYvgATPWq60wIlPxOoUImLi4zwk3Onj3VzuHNfJ7TcwyWEMbKkx0BW9irIdt9hH4iFzOSP/9Jp43QbM43x8mtvYcfnXoBMJpkfEEoUctislk= Received: by 10.86.77.5 with SMTP id z5mr4878967fga.1190653650907; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:07:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.100.19 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:07:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0709241007k374d7a88paa17d2e08791c4cb@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:07:26 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "Daniel O'Connor" In-Reply-To: <200709241238.00177.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200709201818.04408.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200709211308.43424.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <2a41acea0709202322p5241bde5l7baec78fd13a4c71@mail.gmail.com> <200709241238.00177.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: jfv@freebsd.org, Andre Oppermann , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ICH9 ethernet part (82566) woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:07:33 -0000 On 9/23/07, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Jack Vogel wrote: > > Then on the side menu pick network connectivity, then server adapter, > > and select an adapter, it shouldnt matter which. Once at that page > > there is a pulldown for OS, select FreeBSD and tada... > > I found this -> > http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-006120.htm > > Which leads me to v6.4.1 which claims support for the part in question > (checking the source shows the PCI ID) > > It also has patches for TSO, although it appears to be optional. > > I just installed it and it appears to work fine, I haven't done any > performance testing though, however I am only interested in basic > connectivity. > > > I just looked however and the latest on there is from the last > > release, 6.5.6 which is only for 7. E1000 was not the real focus of > > this release, the new Oplin 10G was, however as I said, 6.6.6 has the > > nice feature of compiling on both OS versions, and it has the support > > you need. > > > > Just give them a week and I think it will be there, maybe I can take > > a break from my other work and get to the MFC. > > As the 6.4.1 driver works I am happy :) Yes, that's just one release earlier than the one I suggested, but if you're happy, hey, who am I to complain :) Jack