Re: Intel PRO/1000 network adapter

"wongjoekmeu@xxxxxxxxx" <wongjoekmeu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have an intel gigabit ethernet card.

I guess you are using the e1000 driver then?

When I plug in the card it seems that there are debian drivers already
that comes along with debian.

Yes almost all network cards are supported out of the box from the Linux
kernel sources. Debian like most distributions build the network drivers
as modules which get loaded at demand when matching hardware is found.

I have had a look at the intel site and saw some drivers there too. I am
a bit confused actually. Does it mean that I need the intel drivers for
linux in order to set all these special features ?

Probably not. The e1000 driver in the Linux kernel seems to be written by
intel and released with the GPL license. From e1000.h:

-8<--------------------------------------- Copyright(c) 1999 - 2003 Intel
Corporation. All rights reserved. ...
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-8<---------------------------------------

The driver included in debian is probably the one from the Linux kernel.
If you download another driver from Linux you might get another version.
Maybe you will get a newer version, maybe you will get a version that
doesn't work fine with your kernel. In short, don't try to fix anything
that isn't broken!

Or does the driver that comes along with the debian installation CD
includes these features.

The driver does have a lot of features. You can see which features witht
the command:

modinfo -p e1000

Or to see some more information, only:

modinfo e1000

You will find even more documentation about how to use these parameters
at http://downloadmirror.intel.com/11960/ENG/e1000.htm

However, before reading the chapter about building and installation on
that page, please think twice if you really need to or want to replace
your working driver. The chapter about additional configurations probably
applies also to your current driver.

regards Henrik
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