From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 19 20:40:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B2416A4CE for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:40:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6066243D39 for ; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:40:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBJKeUIQ051129; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:40:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)iBJKeTZU051126; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:40:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ohoyer@ohoyer.de) X-Authentication-Warning: gaff.hhhr.ision.net: ohoyer owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:40:29 +0100 (CET) From: Olaf Hoyer Sender: ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net To: KC Somaratne In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20041219213641.M50992@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP NC7170 Dual Port PCI-X 1000T Gigabit Server Adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:40:27 -0000 On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, KC Somaratne wrote: > Hi, > > Is there going to be any support for the above HP EtherNet > card in FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE? > > Most of the HP cards listed in the hardware notes for this > relase seem to be end-of-life by HP..! > Hi! Well, IIRC the 7170 is a dual-Port Intel-GigE-card, should be supported by the em(4) driver. I had some time ago the opportunity to play a short time with a Sun V65x, with 2 of those cards (I think because Sun could/would not supply us with additional NICs we bought 7170 from a HP supplier) equipped, and FBSD 5.2.1 worked. Are you just curious if they will work in a machnine that you want to buy, or do you have real trouble in an existing setup? HTH Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@ohoyer.de Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)