I've been told (Thanks to Ed Durrant) that the IBM Device Driver site was again incorrect in listing the IBM version of the Intel Pro/1000 Gigabit driver as updated. It is again the same driver from last year.
However checking the Intel site, they have a different version (Intel lists it as 10.0) of a driver (PRODOS.EXE) for the Intel Pro/1000 and Pro/100 which shows as having been updated 05/02/2005. This doesn't require any subscription to download, but it is in a stupid windoze executable archive. You can unarchive it using Odin. This package includes both DOS and OS/2 drivers. The included OS/2 drivers are:
e1000.os2 28,212 2/28/2005
e100b.os2 25,140 11/23/2004
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/...
The release notes are at
ftp://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/4239/ENG/relnotes.rtf but it doesn't really have anything useful that I could see. Note this is in RTF format, which is readable using OpenOffice.org and probably Lotus WordPro, but not by a web browser.
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I'm almost afraid to send this out since I heard that the last update of this driver was not really an update. I don't have access to an IBM subscription, so I can't check this. Why IBM lists things as updated that aren't I don't know, but it happens on occasion. So this may or may not in fact be a new version. Anyway IBM's Device Driver site lists the Intel PRO/1000 as updated as of 05/06/2005.
http://www7.software.ibm.com/...
Intel PRO/1000 Copper Gigabit Ethernet 82541EI
Last Updated on: 05/06/2005 09:24 AM
Product Information
Bus Type: PCI
Product Chip / Technologies:
Driver Information
This product is supported by IBM. For Technical Assistance, please refer to the following sources:
1. Any README documentation contained within the driver.
2. Technical reference material shipped with your device / system,
3. The Users Guide to OS/2 Warp, and other reference material contained within the OS/2 Warp product,
4. The IBM Software home page for technical support information in your country. http://www.ibm.com/software/
The OS/2 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver provides support for the Intel PRO/1000 Family of Copper and Fiber Adapters for the following hardware controllers:
1. Intel 82540EM controller based Copper Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
2. Intel 82540EP controller based Copper Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
3. Intel 82541EI controller based Copper Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
4. Intel 82544EI controller based Copper Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
5. Intel 82544GC controller based Copper Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
6. Intel 82540 controller based Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
7. Intel 82544EI controller based Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
8. Intel 82543GC controller based Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
This driver will not work with any Intel PRO/1000 82543GC controller based Copper Gigabit Adapter or earlier versions.
The most current version of this device driver package is available to OS/2 Passport Advantage customers.
To learn more about OS/2 visit our home page.
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/os/warp/swchoice/
Download Area and/or Language Package Name
Worldwide Package Subscription by Passport Advantage Gigabit Ethernet Copper/Fiber Support
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/...
Source: OS2VOICE