Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 12:11:30 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com> Cc: Christopher Shumway <cshumway@bsdi.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel PRO/100 (i82557) Server Adapter not seen by fxp. Message-ID: <200012092011.MAA10678@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Dec 2000 09:36:21 EST." <200012091436.JAA15038@world.std.com>
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>>Ick. It appears this card is just diffrent enough that the >>fxp driver doesn't understand it. > >Exactly... And I'm somewhat surprised that I haven't >yet(?) seen any commentary in this thread/subject from the >fxp driver author/maintainer, David Greenman... Sorry, I was away at the LISA conference and just got back. >Anyway, sometime back, I asked him specifically about this card >(& a couple of others) & he told me the following (paraphrased): > >1. *None* of Intel's "intelligent" network cards (those > with an onboard CPU such as the i960) are supported. > >2. The "enhanced" features of the 8255x chips > (specifically, the hardware TCP-checksum support on cards > like the Pro100+ Server Adapter) are also *not* supported. > >IIRC/IIUC, the reason is that the information necessary for >device driver developers to support these cards/adapters/features >is only available from Intel under NDA. :-( All correct, unfortunately. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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