New Device Support

This section describes new devices that have been added in this release.

Support for New Devices in the ixgbe Driver

The Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet ixgbe(7D) driver supports the following two devices:

• Intel 82599 (Niantic) Copper 10GBase-T devices (8086, 151c)

• Intel x540/x540T series (Twinville) 10GbE devices (8086, 1512 and 8086, 1528)

Support for New Devices in the igb Driver

The Intel 1 Gigabit Ethernet igb(7D) driver supports the following devices:

• Intel 82576 (Kawela) Quad-port Copper ET2 1000Base-T devices (8086, 1526)

• Intel 82580 (Barton Hills) Quad-port Fibre 1GbE devices (8086, 1527)

• Intel i350 (Powerville) Copper 1000Base-T devices (8086, 1521)

• Intel i350 (Powerville) Fibre 1GbE devices (8086, 1522)

• Intel i350 (Powerville) SERDES 1GbE devices (8086, 1523 and 8086, 1524)

Support for LAN-On-Motherboard (LOM) Devices in the e1000g Driver

The Intel 1 Gigabit Ethernet e1000g(7D) driver supports the following Intel 82579LM/LF (Lewisville) 1 GbE LOM controllers:

• 8086, 1502

• 8086, 1503

• 8086, 1506

• 8086, 1519

Support for New Devices in the bge Driver

The Broadcom 1 Gigabit Ethernet bge(7D) driver supports the following network devices:

• Broadcom NetXtreme/NetLink BCM5717 Dual-Port Copper device (0x1655)

• Broadcom NetXtreme/NetLink BCM5724 Single-Port Copper device (0x165C)

• Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 device

Support for New Device in the qlcnic Driver

The QLogic P3+ FCoE CNA Ethernet qlcnic(7D) driver supports the QLogic P3+ FCoE CNA device.

Support for New Device in the mcxnex/mcxe Driver

The Mellanox ConnectX-2 10 Gigabit Ethernet mcxnex/mcxe(7D) driver supports the Mellanox ConnectX-2 GLDv3 based networking device. The device ID for the current support is pciex15b3,6750.

Support for New Devices in the scu Driver

The Intel Patsburg Storage Controller Unit scu(7D) driver supports the following Intel SCU SAS/SATA devices:

• 8086, 1d60

• 8086, 1d61

• 8086, 1d64

• 8086, 1d65

• 8086, 1d68

• 8086, 1d69

x86: Support for LSI MegaRAID Falcon SAS 2.0 HBA Device

The imraid_sas(7D) driver supports the LSI MegaRAID Falcon SAS 2.0 HBA device.

Support for LSI SAS 2308 HBA Device

The mpt_sas(7D) driver supports the LSI SAS 2308 HBA storage device.

Support for LSI SAS 2208 HBA Device

The mr_sas(7D) driver supports the LSI SAS 2208 HBA device.