New Intel 1 Gbit Ethernet cards and W9x

[Petr]

Hello, I just noticed that the latest Intel driver for Gigabit Ethernet cards does not support many new NICs. The latest driver for Win98 seems to be PROSET ver. 10.3 and contains NDIS3 driver ver. 8.6.17 dated 01/06/2006 that supports the following gigabit NICs:

100C	82544GC/EI  PRO/1000 T
100D	82544GC  PRO/1000 XT
100E	82540EM  PRO/1000 MT
1013	82541EI  PRO/1000 MT
1014	82541ER  PRO/1000 MT
1015	82540EM  PRO/1000 MT Mobile
1016	82540EP  PRO/1000 MT Mobile
101E	82540EP  PRO/1000 MT Mobile
1018	82541EI  PRO/1000 MT
1019	82547EI  PRO/1000 CT
101A	82547EI  PRO/1000 CT
1075	82547GI  PRO/1000 CT
1076	82541GI  PRO/1000 MT
1077	82541GI  PRO/1000 MT
1078	82541ER  PRO/1000 MT
107C	82541PI  PRO/1000 GT

The latest driver for Win2K/XP is PROSET ver. 10.3 and contains NDIS5 and NDIS5.1 drivers ver. 8.7.1.0 dated 04/27/2006 that supports the following gigabit NICs:

1000	82542	PRO/1000
1001	82543GC  PRO/1000 F
1004	82543GC  PRO/1000 T
1008	82544EI  PRO/1000 XT
1009	82544EI  PRO/1000 XF
100C	82544GC  PRO/1000 T
100D	82544GC  PRO/1000 XT
100E	82540EM  PRO/1000 MT
100F	82545EM  PRO/1000 MT
1010	82546EB  PRO/1000 MT Dual Port
1011	82545EM  PRO/1000 MF
1012	82546EB  PRO/1000 MF Dual Port
1013	82541EI  PRO/1000 MT
1014	82541ER  PRO/1000 MT
1015	82540EM  PRO/1000 MT Mobile
1016	82540EP  PRO/1000 MT Mobile
1018	82541EI  PRO/1000 MT
1019	82547EI  PRO/1000 CT
101A	82547EI  PRO/1000 CT Mobile
101D	82546EB  PRO/1000 MT Quad Port
101E	82540EP  PRO/1000 MT Mobile
1026	82545GM  PRO/1000 MT, GT
1027	82545GM  PRO/1000 MF
1028	82545GM  PRO/1000 MB
1075	82547GI  PRO/1000 CT
1076	82541GI  PRO/1000 MT
1077	82541GI  PRO/1000 MT Mobile
1078	82541ER  PRO/1000 MT
1079	82546EB  PRO/1000 MT, GT Dual Port
107A	82546EB  PRO/1000 MF Dual Port
107B	82546EB  PRO/1000 MB Dual Port
107C	82541PI  PRO/1000 GT
108A	82546EB  PRO/1000 P Dual Port
10B5	82546GB  PRO/1000 GT Quad Port

and NDIS 5.2 driver ver. 9.5.12.0, dated 07/26/2006 that supports:

104A	82566DM  ICH8LAN
104B	82566DC  ICH8LAN
104C	82562V   ICH8LAN (10/100 Mbit only)
105E	82571EB  PRO/1000 PT Dual Port
105F	82571EB  PRO/1000 PF Dual Port
1060	82571EB  PRO/1000 PB Dual Port
107D	82572EI  PRO/1000 PT
107E	82572EI  PRO/1000 PF
107F	82572EI  PRO/1000 PB
108B	82572E   PRO/1000 PM
108C	82572E   PRO/1000 PM
1096	ESB2LAN  PRO/1000 EB
1098	ESB2LAN  PRO/1000 EB
109A	82573L   PRO/1000 PL
10A4	82571EB  PRO/1000 PT Quad Port
10B9	82572EI  PRO/1000 PT
10BA	ESB2LAN  PRO/1000 EB1
10BB	ESB2LAN  PRO/1000 EB1

Has anybody tried to use e.g. PRO/1000 PL that is on D975XBX mobo with some modified Win9x driver? Or this is just death end?

Petr

Edited October 21, 2006 by Petr