Hi Roland, well, I used a number of Intel Gigabit chips so far and all have been supported by the rt_e1000 driver. But to know it exactly, you can look at intel's website for a datasheet of the specific controller you are interested in. Look for the PCI Device id (the vendor id is always 0x8086 at Intel) and compare it with the list that is coded in the rt_e1000 driver (file e1000_main.c, array e1000_pci_tbl around line 100).
Regards Mathias > Hi, > > I am a bit confused. There seem to be a number of Intel GBit LAN chips > but are they all supported by the rt_ep1000 driver? > > Kind regards, > > Roland > > M. Koehrer wrote: > > Hi Roland, > > > > ok, if you do not want to use a server mainboard, did you check the > mainboards from > > Intel? I assume that they will use their own network chips on it... > > And I think there a board that are not too expensive (compared against > server boards). > > > > Regards > > > > Mathias > >> Karl Reichert wrote: > >>> Mathias Koehrer wrote: > >>>> the Intel Pro/1000 chip is not outdated at all. > >>>> Many professional (server) mainboards are using this chip. > >>>> E.g. look at the www.supermicro.com web page for server mainboards. > >>>> There are many mainboards that have 2 Intel Gigabit NICs onboard > >>>> which work fine with rtnet. > >>>> Also there are PCI or PCIe adapters available from Intel that work > fine > >>>> aswell. > >>> I can confirm that. I'm using an Intel Pro/1000 (driver rt_e1000) > network > >> card with RTnet and the driver works fine. This card is sold for 35 EUR > in > >> germany, for example at www.reichelt-elektronik.de > >> > >> I also use the intel Pro/1000, the realtek 8139, nationalsemi (natsemi) > >> conductor chip, SysKonnect, (Sys98...) and Via Rhine which all work with > > >> rtnet. Only thing is that I cannot find a current motherboard with any > >> of the above chips at the moment. > >> > >> What is the exact specification of the intel chips that work. > >> > >> I do have the drawback that I would not want a board that is too > >> expensive either which makes server mainboards a less attractive choice. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Roland > >>> Karl > >>> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > RTnet-users mailing list > RTnet-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rtnet-users > -- Mathias Koehrer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Viel oder wenig? Schnell oder langsam? Unbegrenzt surfen + telefonieren ohne Zeit- und Volumenbegrenzung? DAS TOP ANGEBOT FÜR ALLE NEUEINSTEIGER Jetzt bei Arcor: günstig und schnell mit DSL - das All-Inclusive-Paket für clevere Doppel-Sparer, nur 34,95 inkl. DSL- und ISDN-Grundgebühr! http://www.arcor.de/rd/emf-dsl-2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ RTnet-users mailing list RTnet-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rtnet-users
