Re: Etherboot support for newer NICs

Joshua Oreman <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:21:38 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.network.etherboot.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Chapman, Mark <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, the 3 options are correct but the first is not possible as we do not have the capability in house.  As an alternative we are looking at what the motherboard manufacturer can offer.  We are currently evaluating several motherboards for this project, so the list of NICs are:

Assuming these are the variants I think they are...

> Realtek RTL8111C

Supported by the r8169 driver.

> Intel 82567LM

Not supported.

> Intel 82574L
> Intel 8254EPI

Not sure - do you have PCI IDs? - but probably not supported, as I
couldn't find their numbers in the e1000 driver.

> So if the motherboard manufacturer cannot come though then we most likely will skip to option 3 and contact the resources you provided.  Thanks for the feedback.

Best of luck with this project!

-- Josh

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