Intel device IDs (Intel S5000PAL board, onboard ether gige interfaces working?)

[Jack Vogel]

On 10/27/06, Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net> wrote:
> At 05:28 PM 10/27/2006, Jack Vogel wrote:
> >Sorry, but you dont want to do this. This is a hybrid
> >sorta NIC, the PHY is only 10/100, but the MAC is
> >a Gig part.
> >
> >Get the latest em driver and load that, guess what, it
> >will work.
>
> Hi,
>          I thought the latest em driver is in RELENG_6 ?  With the
> modified fxp driver it does seem to work so far as in simple ftp and
> scp tests.
>
> >Dont look at me, wasnt my idea :)
>
> I will try
> http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&Inst=Yes&ProductID=838&DwnldID=10957&strOSs=52&OSFullName=FreeBSD*&lang=eng
>
>   em-6.1.4.tar.gz on a RELENG_6 kernel
> FreeBSD r6-32bit.sentex.ca 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #2:
> Fri Oct 27 17:10:03 EDT 2006
>
>          ---Mike

HMMM, ok, maybe I jumped the gun, if this thing says ICH7 then its not
the NIC I was talking about, thats ICH8. I just didnt think there were any
10/100 parts that werent already in the fxp driver.

I looked at the PCI ID, and its not what I was talking about, so, nm, its
the fxp afterall.

Jack