On Mar 1, 2007, at 10:38 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
jekillen wrote:
On Mar 1, 2007, at 8:04 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:
jekillen wrote:
Hello;
I have built a machine with ASUS M2N32 WS pro motherboard.
It has dual network interface ports that are Marvell interfaces.
I understand that FreeBSD does not yet support Marvell as of
v6.2. I did get a reference to a source for the driver source and
instructions to compile and install. But my short term solution was
to get Intel nics that fit in PCIe lane one slots. As fate would
have
it one of the slots is situated too close to some copper vain heat
dissipation attachments, so the second interface card will not
fit in the slot for the obstruction.
So, my question is simple:
Can I use a network interface card made for a PCIe lane one slot
in a PCIe lane 16 slot and expect it to work?
By way of explanation: I need to interfaces because I am using
this machine as a web server and I want one public ip address
assigned to it and one private ip address assigned to it also.
I have all but http and dns blocked from the outside. I use ssh
and ftp to post content to the machine on the inside network.
Thanks, not tearing my hair just yet....
Jeff K
Maybe. Read this document:
<http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3540>.
-Garrett
Thanks, in my flustered state of mind I just poked out this message
and then
decided to follow advices I have gotten in the past, ask Google. I
came up
with a Wikipedia article that was positive. I also decided to look
back at the
specs listed on the Tiger Direct site where I got the interface cards
and there
it was, pretty plain. There is still a problem. One of the cards is
initializing and
the other is not. I have not determined which one is not. But the
punch line
is that the one that does show up shows up with status no carrier in
ifconfig.
I looked back the the FreeBSD site, at hardware notes for v6.2 and it
appears
that that card specifically, is not listed as supported. 82572 is
listed as supported
by the em driver, but Intel® 82572EI or Intel® 82572GI Gigabit
Controller is not
listed specifically, Well that is another $70+ not well enough spent.
thanks for the response.
Jeff K
There's always -current or an RMA. Weird though... I didn't think that
the slot size was large enough though for a PCIx card slot.
Interesting...
There is more, I had one card in the secondary x16 slot and one card
in the usable x1 slot. I noticed that in the above situation, the fwe
inteface
was still configured.
I took the card from the secondary x16 slot and put it in the primary
x16 slot, Booted up and the em0 interface came up. I shut down the fwe
interface
and was able to ping the em0 interface. I moved the card from the
usable x1 slot and moved it to the secondary x16 slot. Now both cards
show up
as up and running but I cannot ping the em1 interface. I went into
rc.conf and took out the fwe configuration line. It still shows up in
ifconfig listed
between em0 and em1. I am suspecting that this interface is somehow
interfering with the em1 interface. So progress is happening but I am
weary
of the sleuthing I have to do to get things working. At least I do have
one enet connection to the machine, now.
Jeff K
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