From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 21:48:55 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B7CD106566B for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:48:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu) Received: from mx.egr.msu.edu (surfnturf.egr.msu.edu [35.9.37.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11AFC8FC0A for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:48:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx.egr.msu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05E171EE9E; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:33:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at egr.msu.edu Received: from mx.egr.msu.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (surfnturf.egr.msu.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1+9Rx2AAeFNL; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:33:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [35.9.44.65] (daemon.egr.msu.edu [35.9.44.65]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mcdouga9) by mx.egr.msu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6B4DB71EE94; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:33:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48D17794.8010001@egr.msu.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:33:08 -0400 From: Adam McDougall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Leslie Jensen References: <48CE04A4.8030707@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <48CE04A4.8030707@eskk.nu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel 82567LM on a Dell Latitude E6500 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: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:48:55 -0000 Leslie Jensen wrote: > I've just got myself a new laptop. The ethernet card is the above. I > found a readme file on how to install the driver, and there's also > instructions on where to download this driver. When browsing to Intels > download center and finding the right driver one is directed to the > FreeBSD homepage! I'm a bit puzzled here because it's not obvious to > me where to find the driver. Will someone shed the light for me, Please? > > I've installed FreeBSD 7.0 amd64 and it does not identify the NIC > proberly. > > Thanks > /Leslie > Can you try a prerelease of 7.1, it has the igb driver which I suspect will support that nic: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/7.1/ Also would you mind posting the output of pciconf -lv which we could use to be more sure which driver you need? I would personally be interested in that output plus the dmesg output because I plan to buy the same model laptop and I think you are the first person to be found on the web running FreeBSD on it :) Thanks.