Will this card (probably) work?

Lee Brown leeb at ratnaling.org
Wed Sep 21 02:24:56 UTC 2016


On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Sean Bruno <sbruno at freebsd.org> wrote:

>
>
> 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
>
> OK the vendor got back to me:

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