From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: From: erik quanstrom Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:38:31 -0500 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Intel Pro/1000 PT support? In-Reply-To: <44F2A3F2-4D43-47A5-B369-1549459FEB28@orthanc.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: f6554976-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > > I thought PRO/1000 worked already (see the Wiki) > > There are a few different Pro/1000 variants. I'm specifically > interested in the Pro/1000-PT quad-port card. It's based on the 82571 > (according to Intel's online spec's), which is supported by the > driver. I'm just concerned about any quirks or potential gotchas in > relation to this specific card (e.g. PCI bus glue, phy interface, or > what have you). it's all supported. the pro/1000 PT has 2 82571 controllers and a pcie/pcie switch (i forget the company that makes that thing). it's a very fancy bit of hardware. the pcie generation of intel nics are pretty good. for the most part, one can ignore the phy. i wish they'd do it like myricom, though. myricom thinks the driver is on a need-to-know basis about the mac/phy. and the driver doesn't need to know. - erik