QNX Technical Articles
QNX® 4.25 RTOS Network Drivers (Patch ID 701) Release Notes
Date of this edition: March 20, 2008
Host OS: QNX 4.25 and any patch level
Contents
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Archive contents
The network driver archive for QNX 4 contains:
- /bin/Net.i82540
- /bin/Net.bcm57xx
- /bin/Net.rtl8169
- /bin/Net.ether82557
- /bin/Net.ns83815
- /bin/Net.rtl
The changes included in this archive are as follows:
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| Net.i82540 | Updated with and verified against the latest device IDs from Intel, bug fixes |
| Net.bcm57xx | New driver for Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit ethernet |
| Net.rtl8169 | New driver for RTL 816x Gigabit ethernet |
| Net.ether82557 | Updated with and verified against the latest device IDs |
| Net.ns83815 | Bug fixes to improve performance on slower machines |
| Net.rtl | Bug fixes for multicast support |
The Net.i82540 driver supports the following Intel i82544 chipsets:
| Name | PCI Device ID |
|---|---|
| 82542 | 0x1000 |
| 82543GC_FIBER | 0x1001 |
| 82543GC_COPPER | 0x1004 |
| 82544EI_COPPER | 0x1008 |
| 82544EI_FIBER | 0x1009 |
| 82544GC_COPPER | 0x100C |
| 82544GC_LOM | 0x100D |
| 82540EM | 0x100E |
| 82540EM_LOM | 0x1015 |
| 82540EP_LOM | 0x1016 |
| 82540EP | 0x1017 |
| 82540EP_LP | 0x101E |
| 82545EM_COPPER | 0x100F |
| 82545EM_FIBER | 0x1011 |
| 82545GM_COPPER | 0x1026 |
| 82545GM_FIBER | 0x1027 |
| 82545GM_SERDES | 0x1028 |
| 82546EB_COPPER | 0x1010 |
| 82546EB_FIBER | 0x1012 |
| 82546EB_QUAD_COPPER | 0x101D |
| 82546GB_COPPER | 0x1079 |
| 82546GB_FIBER | 0x107A |
| 82546GB_SERDES | 0x107B |
| 82546GB_PCIE | 0x108A |
| 82546GB_QUAD_COPPER | 0x1099 |
| 82546GB_QUAD_COPPER_KSP3 | 0x10B5 |
| 82541EI | 0x1013 |
| 82541EI_MOBILE | 0x1018 |
| 82541ER_LOM | 0x1014 |
| 82541ER | 0x1078 |
| 82541GI | 0x1076 |
| 82541GI_LF | 0x107C |
| 82541GI_MOBILE | 0x1077 |
| 82547EI | 0x1019 |
| 82547EI_MOBILE | 0x101A |
| 82547GI | 0x1075 |
| 82571EB_COPPER | 0x105E |
| 82571EB_FIBER | 0x105F |
| 82571EB_SERDES | 0x1060 |
| 82571EB_QUAD_COPPER | 0x10A4 |
| 82571EB_QUAD_FIBER | 0x10A5 |
| 82571EB_QUAD_COPPER_LP | 0x10BC |
| 82572EI_COPPER | 0x107D |
| 82572EI_FIBER | 0x107E |
| 82572EI_SERDES | 0x107F |
| 82572EI | 0x10B9 |
| 82573E | 0x108B |
| 82573E_IAMT | 0x108C |
| 82573L | 0x109A |
| 80003ES2LAN_COPPER_DPT | 0x1096 |
| 80003ES2LAN_SERDES_DPT | 0x1098 |
| 80003ES2LAN_COPPER_SPT | 0x10BA |
| 80003ES2LAN_SERDES_SPT | 0x10BB |
| ICH8_IGP_M_AMT | 0x1049 |
| ICH8_IGP_AMT | 0x104A |
| ICH8_IGP_C | 0x104B |
| ICH8_IFE | 0x104C |
| ICH8_IFE_GT | 0x10C4 |
| ICH8_IFE_G | 0x10C5 |
| ICH8_IGP_M | 0x104D |
The Net.ether82557 driver supports the following Intel chipsets:
| Name | PCI Device ID |
|---|---|
| 82557 | 0x1229 |
| 82558ER | 0x1209 |
| 82559_1 | 0x1029 |
| 82559 | 0x1030 |
| 82559A | 0x1031 |
| PRO100VE | 0x1032 |
| PRO100VM | 0x1033 |
| PRO100VM_1 | 0x1034 |
| 82562EH | 0x1035 |
| 82562EH_1 | 0x1036 |
| 82562EH_2 | 0x1037 |
| PRO100VM_2 | 0x1038 |
| PRO100VE_1 | 0x1039 |
| PRO100VE_2 | 0x103a |
| PRO100VM_3 | 0x103b |
| PRO100VM_4 | 0x103c |
| 82559A_VE | 0x103d |
| PRO100VM_5 | 0x103e |
| 82562EZ | 0x1050 |
| 82801EB | 0x1051 |
| 82801EB_1 | 0x1052 |
| 82801EB_2 | 0x1053 |
| 82801EB_3 | 0x1053 |
| 82801EB_4 | 0x1055 |
| 82551QM | 0x1059 |
| 82562ET | 0x1064 |
| 82562ET_VE | 0x1065 |
| 82562EM_LOM | 0x1066 |
| 82562EM_VM | 0x1067 |
| 82562EM | 0x1069 |
| 82562GZ | 0x1092 |
| 82562G | 0x1094 |
| 82559VE | 0x2449 |
| 82559B | 0x2459 |
| 82559C | 0x245D |
Online documentation
This patch doesn't update the online documentation for these network drivers. However, you'll find their latest options and supported chipsets in their respective use messages:
use Net.bcm57xx use Net.rtl8169
and read-me files:
- /etc/readme/technotes/Net.bcm57xx
- /etc/readme/technotes/Net.rtl8169
Technical support
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