FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4

[William]

Bloody good point.

On 01/07/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> How will you cvsup without a network connection?
>
> Ted
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William" <willay at gmail.com>
> To: "Antony Mawer" <fbsd-questions at mawer.org>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:51 AM
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
>
>
> > Will i get the updated driver by just cvsup'ing to stable once I
> > install -STABLE from CD?
> >
> > On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer <fbsd-questions at mawer.org> wrote:
> > > On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote:
> > > > I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the
> > > > code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server
> > > > Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do?
> > >
> > > The adapter you mentioned is a PCI-X adapter, which won't work unless
> > > you purchase the optional PCI-X riser card to replace the standard one
> > > in the DL320 G4. The standard riser card provides PCI Express slots (1
> > > half height, 1 full height), that are not compatible with PCI-X (or
> > > regular PCI). You will need to either:
> > >
> > >      1) Purchase the PCI-X riser, and then use your existing card
> > >          (provided that FreeBSD 6.x will recognise it)
> > >
> > >      2) Purchase a PCI Express NIC, which will (likely) _not_ work with
> > >          the standard driver in 6.x.
> > >
> > > Option 1 may or may not work with the standard 6.x driver; I know the
> > > PCI Express one definately does NOT.
> > >
> > > That being said, it is _very_ simple to add the updated Intel driver and
> > > rebuild the kernel if you need to do so (for either option): I'd be
> > > happy to help you with the steps you need to do so if you require.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Antony
> > >
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