Dual port Intel PRO/1000MT - will it work?

[Idar Tollefsen]

Hello,

I was going over the hardware notes for FreeBSD/Alpha (4.10) looking for 
supported gigabit NICs. I was looking to install a dual port card. I 
found that the dual port Intel PRO/1000MT might fit. But there are two 
things I wanted to check first;

The dual port Intel PRO/1000MT is, according to Intel's tech. specs., 
based on the 82546 controller chip. The hardware notes says the em(4) 
driver supports the 82546EB, but the manual pages for the em driver says 
just 82546. What's the significance of 'EB' postfix in the hardware notes?

Also, just to verify that I'm reading the hardware notes right, it says 
the em(4) driver is supported by Intel, but only on i386. I read this as 
meaning that the driver works on Alpha, but I can't call Intel for 
support. Right?


- IT