Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 16:02:35 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: mike@seidata.com Cc: David Greenman <dg@root.com>, Greg Skafte <skafte@worldgate.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: intel ether express pro 100's Message-ID: <36D0908B.D1F2B30A@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902210924280.5039-100000@ns1.seidata.com>
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mike@seidata.com wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, David Greenman wrote: > > > I've not heard of the 82559 until just now...I have no idea what it is. > > I was talking to an Intel guy the other day... hmm... was it the > 82559 that was a sort of NIC management interface for VLAN stuff... It's basically an 82558 with the "wake on lan" crap built in. You can find everything you wanted to know about it, or at least everything Intel wants you to know about it, by surfing on over to http://developer.intel.com/sites/developer/search.htm and searching for 82559. > Intel's also providing Linux drivers for these new 'smart' NICs with > OpenSource licensing. The guy I spoke to said FreeBSD drivers aren't > officially planned, but he said it'd be easy to port (he used to work > for a FreeBSD-based ISP and is familiar with the OS). They're not mentioned on the web page(s) yet. Some ftp-server spelunking might be in order. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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