Etch-compatible "PCIe X4" network card?

[Jonathan Wilson <jw@mailsw.com>]

Does anyone know of a "PCIe X4" (please note the "e") NIC that works 
out-of-the-box with Debian Etch? When I say out-of-the-box I mean no kernel 
recompiles, no installing of additional third-party drivers.

 I really only need a 10/100BT card but I'm guessing no one makes such a slow 
card with a PCIe interface, so a 10/100/1000 will do if that's all that's 
available.

I'm trying to add a third NIC into a Dell PowerEdge 1850. I've already done 
this to some other 1850s, but they had normal PCI slots. This one has a 
shorter slot marked "PCIe X4" (seems to be attached to the RAID circuitry 
which the others didn't have) and it looks the same length as the X4 slots I 
see depicted on the 'web.

If there's no PCI-E X4 cards that work out-of-the-box but someone/anyone has 
managed to get one working by installing other kernels/drivers I'd like to 
hear about it.

Thanks,

	JW


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