Will this card (probably) work?

Sean Bruno sbruno at freebsd.org
Tue Sep 20 15:47:49 UTC 2016



On 09/20/16 03:42, Lee Brown wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Sean Bruno <sbruno at freebsd.org
> <mailto:sbruno at freebsd.org>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     On 09/19/16 14:17, Lee Brown wrote:
>     > I am looking to purchase this
>     <http://www.ebay.com/itm/131922616647
>     <http://www.ebay.com/itm/131922616647>> card
>     > (LR-LINK I350AM4 Chip Quad SFP Port 1000Base-X Server Adapter
>     I350-F4),
>     > into which I intend to use 1000-LX SFP's.
>     >
>     > If I'm understanding correctly, the igb(4) driver supports the
>     i350 (not
>     > sure if i350AM4 is the same) and altq(4) states the igb(4) driver is
>     > supported (which I'll be needing).
>     >
>     > Does this look like a viable PCIe card for me to get?
>     >
>     > Thanks in advance -- lee
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> 
>     In order to really know, I'd need to know the pci-id that this thing
>     shows up as.
> 
>     sean
> 
> Thanks, I've reached out for that info.
> Otherwise, if you happen to know of a 4-port or even 2-port PCIe card
> that supports 1000Base-LX or SFP's that will, I'm all ears.  I'd
> consider a single port card as last resort.
> 

Pretty sure that the i350 is what you're in the market for.  Just not
sure if it will show up as an igb(4) nic.  If it doesn't, it'd be
trivial to add the pci-ids if it is just a variant.

sean

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