I just picked up three CTs (OEM Intel PCIe GB Desktop adapters).
::Discontinued/End Of Life::
From this document it seems the MT line is being EOL'ed. The CT will be the new card. For those not in the know, the CT is a Single Port PCIe GB Nic.
(http://content.intel.pcnalert.com/dm/d.aspx/8D1E3830-BB6D-4E0A-9A04-D05A222FDE3C/PCN108768-00.pdf)
::CT Controller::
The Card is based on the low-power Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller (http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/adapters/gigabit-ct/gigabit-ct-overview.htm)
::Base Driver::
On Intel's linux download site it says:
The e1000e.x.x.x.x.tar.gz is designed to work with the Intel® 82571/2/3/4 PCI-E family of gigabit adapters and 82566/7 controllers.
This driver includes support for Itanium® 2-based and Intel® EM64T systems.
If your adapter/connection is not an 82571, 82572, 82573, 82574, 82566 or 82567-based you should use one of the following drivers.
- igb-x.x.x.tar.gz driver supports all Intel® 82575/6-based gigabit network adapters/connections.
- e1000-x.x.x.tar.gz driver supports all Intel® 8254x-based PCI and PCI-X gigabit network adapters/connections.
(http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=3025&DwnldID=15817&strOSs=39&OSFullName=Linux*&lang=eng)
::Other Info::
Having said that, the CT Desktop's have a PCI Device ID of
::Issue::
The issue I'm having is even if modifying oem.tgz and forcing the load of either: the driver/kernel cannot find nor 'claim' any compatible device id. This is from watching the .so driver load up and iterate through all the device ids it can think of. Most likely the e1000 driver should be most compatible but it isn't.
Any ideas on how to get this single PCIe card to work?
