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

[Ronciak, J. <joh...@in...>]

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:cm...@as...] 
>Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:18 PM
>To: Ronciak, John
>Cc: e10...@li...
>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
>