Intel and Broadcom NICs

Andreas Klemm andreas at freebsd.org
Tue Sep 23 20:15:18 PDT 2003


On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:29:37PM +0200, Martin Nilsson wrote:
> Sreekanth wrote:
> 
> >The intel nic is a fxp interface.Device ID 1050("Intel 82801BA (D865)
> >Pro/100 VE Ethernet")You probably need to use the latest driver from
> >current.To make sure you have the driver check if you have this line
> > { 0x1050,	-1,	"Intel 82801BA (D865) Pro/100 VE Ethernet" }, in
> >if_fxp.c
> 
> Wouldn't it be a good idea to MFC this in time for the 4.9 release, the 
> intel 865 chipset is rather common in new machines these days.

Yes good idea, my next Laptop, a Dell Dimension 600 or 700 (don't
remember) will have a 10/100/1000 broadcom adapter.

	Andreas ///

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