I tried google, but it found me nothing of use. It is still listed as a supported part in the driver.
Is there any way to pass a parameter to the driver to tell it how many ports to expect, or does the driver get this information from the board - presumably an eprom? David On Monday 09 June 2014 15:50:30 Fujinaka, Todd wrote: > Unfortunately that part was EOLed several years ago so I think google is > your best resort. > > Todd Fujinaka > Software Application Engineer > Networking Division (ND) > Intel Corporation > [email protected] > (503) 712-4565 > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Goodenough [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 4:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [E1000-devel] 82551QM problem > > I came across a mini-pci board that had got lost in the back of a cupboard. > Needing a couple of extra ethernet ports on a board I thought I had found > the solution to my problem. The board is a BVM MP-551, which has one RJ45 > on the board and another on a daughterboard. > > When I install the board it is recognised by lspci, and only one new ethX > port is reported by ip addr. > > I do have the firmware on the machine, but it only gets loaded when I try to > configure the port at which point all the PCI configuration has completed I > guess. > > Curiously if I attach the second port to a router and start the first port > it works. However the documentation insists that the two ports are > supposed to be separate. > > Does anyone know how to enable the second port properly? > > David > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is > the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written > by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now > available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > E1000-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel > To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit > http://communities.intel.com/community/wired ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
