Intel Pro 100+ 100% compatible with Pro 100B ?

Intel Pro 100+ 100% compatible with Pro 100B ?

Post by Daniel T » Thu, 22 Jan 1998 04:00:00



         I would like to know if the currently available Intel Fast Ethernet
PCI NIC, the Pro 100+ is 100% backwards compatible with the previous
Pro 100B.
        That is, using the existing drivers for the 100B in FreeBSD and in
Windows NT 4.0 SP3, can I simply exchange the 100B with a 100+ ?

        Thanks.

Cheers,
Dan Ts'o, 212-327-7671, FAX: 212-327-7671
The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave.  Box 138
New York, NY  10021

 
 
 

Intel Pro 100+ 100% compatible with Pro 100B ?

Post by DuaTeK J?rn Klot » Sat, 24 Jan 1998 04:00:00


No, but you can run old Pro100B with the new! driver for the Pro 100+. (
Drivers for NT and Unix were in the package of my Pro100B ). So the driver
is backward compatible. The hardware is not!

J?rn

P.S.: The 100+ is truly faster now. I easily get 8MB/sec via a
non-switching hub ( that means: No duplex mode ) when transferring large
files ( With 100B i only got 5.8 MB/sec ).



>          I would like to know if the currently available Intel Fast
Ethernet
> PCI NIC, the Pro 100+ is 100% backwards compatible with the previous
> Pro 100B.
>         That is, using the existing drivers for the 100B in FreeBSD and
in
> Windows NT 4.0 SP3, can I simply exchange the 100B with a 100+ ?

>         Thanks.

> Cheers,
> Dan Ts'o, 212-327-7671, FAX: 212-327-7671
> The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave.  Box 138
> New York, NY  10021



 
 
 

Intel Pro 100+ 100% compatible with Pro 100B ?

Post by Donald Beck » Wed, 28 Jan 1998 04:00:00




>         I would like to know if the currently available Intel Fast Ethernet
>PCI NIC, the Pro 100+ is 100% backwards compatible with the previous
>Pro 100B.

"100% backward compatible" is an impossible standard.  If you can detect a
change, it's not compatible.

That said, the 100+ is *very* compatible with the 100B.
It does incorporate a few new features, and additional registers to support
those features, but no new features are incompatible with common driver
operations.

Quote:>        That is, using the existing drivers for the 100B in FreeBSD and in
>Windows NT 4.0 SP3, can I simply exchange the 100B with a 100+ ?

I don't use those systems, but my Linux driver "just worked" with the i82558
on the 100+.  I did tweak it a message that reported the transceiver type,
but that was incidental.

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Intel Pro 100+ 100% compatible with Pro 100B ?

Post by Jason Geor » Wed, 28 Jan 1998 04:00:00


[I discussed this with Donald in e-mail this morning]

While building a new FreeBSD box, I tried the new Pro100+.  It is
detected properly on the PCI bus, but kills the system when 'ifconfig'
is called to configure the card.

Replace the 100+ with a 100B.  No problem
Replace the 100B with another 100+.  Locks solid
[ad nauseum]

From what I have gleened about the card, it is a significant reworking
of the 100B and the '558 chip that runs the 100+ is more than a '557
with more registers.  A new driver for Linux/FreeBSD/insert-OS-here is
needed.

--Jason
j.b.george<at>ieee.org
jbg<at>precident.com





>>         I would like to know if the currently available Intel Fast Ethernet
>>PCI NIC, the Pro 100+ is 100% backwards compatible with the previous
>>Pro 100B.

>"100% backward compatible" is an impossible standard.  If you can detect a
>change, it's not compatible.

>That said, the 100+ is *very* compatible with the 100B.
>It does incorporate a few new features, and additional registers to support
>those features, but no new features are incompatible with common driver
>operations.

>>        That is, using the existing drivers for the 100B in FreeBSD and in
>>Windows NT 4.0 SP3, can I simply exchange the 100B with a 100+ ?

>I don't use those systems, but my Linux driver "just worked" with the i82558
>on the 100+.  I did tweak it a message that reported the transceiver type,
>but that was incidental.

 
 
 

Intel Pro 100+ 100% compatible with Pro 100B ?

Post by Louis Epste » Sun, 01 Feb 1998 04:00:00


:
: [I discussed this with Donald in e-mail this morning]
:
: While building a new FreeBSD box, I tried the new Pro100+.  It is
: detected properly on the PCI bus, but kills the system when 'ifconfig'
: is called to configure the card.
:
: Replace the 100+ with a 100B.  No problem
: Replace the 100B with another 100+.  Locks solid
: [ad nauseum]
:
: From what I have gleened about the card, it is a significant reworking
: of the 100B and the '558 chip that runs the 100+ is more than a '557
: with more registers.  A new driver for Linux/FreeBSD/insert-OS-here is
: needed.
:
: j.b.george<at>ieee.org

I suppose we will know when one has been made available when the 100+
shows up in the text files at ftp.freebsd.org.
Would seem a fairly important hardware issue.



:
: >


: >>         I would like to know if the currently available Intel Fast Ethernet
: >>PCI NIC, the Pro 100+ is 100% backwards compatible with the previous
: >>Pro 100B.
: >
: >"100% backward compatible" is an impossible standard.  If you can detect a
: >change, it's not compatible.
: >
: >That said, the 100+ is *very* compatible with the 100B.
: >It does incorporate a few new features, and additional registers to support
: >those features, but no new features are incompatible with common driver
: >operations.
: >
: >>        That is, using the existing drivers for the 100B in FreeBSD and in
: >>Windows NT 4.0 SP3, can I simply exchange the 100B with a 100+ ?
: >
: >I don't use those systems, but my Linux driver "just worked" with the i82558
: >on the 100+.  I did tweak it a message that reported the transceiver type,
: >but that was incidental.
: >
: >

 
 
 

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