Subject: Re: Intel em Driver and NetBSD wm
To: Tom Hummel <xiongfeng.tom@googlemail.com>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/14/2006 15:50:11
On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 01:34:44PM +0200, Tom Hummel wrote:
>  Is an import of 'em' useful for NetBSD?

No.

> The reason for my inquiry is, NetBSD-CURRENT loads wm for the 'Intel(R)
> PRO/1000 PL Network Connection - PN LOM-82573L' in my thinkpad x60s,
> pretending to work, but just refusing to send or receive anything. BTW
> the 82573 isn't listed in the wm manpage - correctly, but it tries to do
> something it cannot.

You could look at em and identify things it does special for your chip,
then try to change wm to do the same.

Martin