Re: [E1000-devel] When to use e1000 vs. e1000e?

[Chris M. <cm...@as...>]

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