Will this card (probably) work?

[Jack Vogel]

Its not that they, whoever they is :). "use" the Intel PCID, no, it really
IS the Intel device,
but it's silicon, not an assembled adapter, its that part which is being
done by someone
else, and btw, the components to support 4 port type adapters have been
notoriously
problematic in the past, so having it done by someone besides Intel is at
least a potential
source of concern.

I wish you the best,

Jack


On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Lee Brown <leeb at ratnaling.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, "should be", but just remember now, if this adapter does not look
>> like a
>> genuine Intel made part (and from some comment from either Jeff or Eric
>> it
>> sounded like it wasn't), then IF you have a problem you are going to get
>> no
>> support from them.  Of course, in most worlds you'd have no problem, but
>> there's
>> always some possible one in which.... you know :)
>>
>> Just being the voice of caution here...
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Sean Bruno <sbruno at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>>> >
>>> > OK the vendor got back to me:
>>> >
>>> > 8086:1522
>>>
>>> That appears to be governed by the the igb(4) driver.  You should be
>>> good to go.
>>>
>>> fbsd_head/sys/dev/e1000 % grep -r E1000_DEV_ID_I350_FIBER *
>>> e1000_api.c:    case E1000_DEV_ID_I350_FIBER:
>>> e1000_hw.h:#define E1000_DEV_ID_I350_FIBER                      0x1522
>>> if_igb.c:       {IGB_INTEL_VENDOR_ID, E1000_DEV_ID_I350_FIBER,  0, 0, 0},
>>>
>>> sean
>>>
>>>
>> Much appreciated both of you.  For $168 I'm willing to risk it.
> I assume they use Intel's PCID instead of their own because they use the
> Intel driver (which is encouraging).  However Intel make nothing like this
> card (maybe they used to), so yes, it is a foray into the unknown.
> If I'm unable to get it working or working well, at least I have
> alternatives (meda converters at the far end and SFP into an existing fiber
> switch).
> And if I do, well we've got one more card to add to the compatibility list.
> -- lee
>