> I put a new Intel PRO/1000 in my Plan 9 server. The card is detected
> by 9load (?) as ether#0 igbe and then as #l1: i82543. There is another
> network interface on board which ist detected as elnk3. I put
> ether0=igbe, ether1=elnk3 in my plan9.ini.
>
> My problem is, that /net/ether0 points always to the elnk3 card. There
> is no /net/ether1. How do I enable the second card? I don't need the
> elnk3 so disable the elnk3 in the kernel maybe an option.
the previous posts were correct, you need "ether0=type=$TYPE".
however ether1 won't just appear in /net. if you want to use ether1,
you've got to bind it into the default network stack with
# bind -a '#l1' /net
typically, though, second network cards are bound into a different
network stack
# bind -a '#I1' /net.alt
# bind -a '#l1' /net.alt
# ip/ipconfig -x/net.alt [other options here]
by the way, i have a driver that should do all intel pro/1000
pcie cards. i'll try to get it submitted soon. coraid are using the 82563,
82571 and 82573. i am using two 82572 at home.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2276643&CatId=2380
i don't have an 82566 to test with, but it should work as well unless i
have the wrong device id. intel have a habit of publishing incorrect
device ids in their yellow books.
- erik
