Yes that is correct. So if you are using the 8.x series e1000 driver for the PCI/PCI-X device(s) and y ou have a PCIe device in the same system, then you'll also need the e1000e driver loaded.
Cheers, John ----------------------------------------------------------- "...that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.", B. Obama, 2009 >-----Original Message----- >From: Chris Markle [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:18 PM >To: Ronciak, John >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] When to use e1000 vs. e1000e? > >John, > >> What version of the e1000 driver are you trying to use? Also, which kernel? >> Older versions of the e1000 driver supported all of the >PCI/PCI-X devices and >> some older PCIe devices. The newer version of e1000 only support the >> PCI/PCI-X devices. The e1000e driver only supports PCIe devices. > >I am playing with newest versions (e1000 - 8.0.6 and e1000e - >0.5.11.2) that I could find. Kernel is 2.6.17 on fc4 >(2.6.17-1.2142_FC4smp). > >I guess what you're saying is e1000 for PCI/PCI-X and e1000e for PCIe. >I thought taht might be the case. > >Chris > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
