Intel 82574L supported?

[dafino]

Hello, I had a PCIe Intel NIC that I replaced with a Netgear after my vanilla install because the system could not see the Intel card.

 

However I'd like to try and use the Intel NIC if it's possible. My understanding is that the Mac Pros use the same 82574L chip that this one is based on:

 

http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/adap...ct-overview.htm

 

I've searched the forum and can't find anything about it. Any idea if it could be made to work?

 

Thanks for any info.

[muchlife]

from a guide by MightyLedZepp

 

9. Fix Onboard Ethernet

The Z8PE-D12 motherboard has an Intel 82574L ethernet controller on it. This is the same controller used in the new Mac Pros, and as such, Apple generously provides the kext for us. [b]We just need to add our Ethernet controller's device id to the list of supported devices in the kext itself.[/b] Open /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/Intel82574L.kext/Contents/Info.plist and edit the following lines:

<key>IOClass</key>
<string>Intel82574L</string>
<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

I. Change <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key> to <key>IOPCIMatch</key>.

II. Add your Ethernet Controller's uid to the list in the line right after the <key>IOPCIMatch</key> line. My id is 0x10D38086 and the simple way to find out what it is is to use Windows Device Manager.

III. Remove the line that says <key>IOPCISecondaryMatch</key>, and also remove the line immediately below that.

Once complete, open a terminal and "sudo su" again. Then do the following:

rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/Caches; rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

Restart the system. When you get to the Chameleon boot screen, use the boot flags "-f -v". This will force OSX to load all kexts, and will spit out verbose system messages. You should see Ethernet adapters en0 and en1 now show up in Network Preferences.

 

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...p;mode=threaded

[makisupa]

Is this the one you purchased? From Newegg

 

Is there a non-windows way to get the identifier? ioreg or from linux?

[Hacktivist]

Hello, I had a PCIe Intel NIC that I replaced with a Netgear after my vanilla install because the system could not see the Intel card.

 

However I'd like to try and use the Intel NIC if it's possible. My understanding is that the Mac Pros use the same 82574L chip that this one is based on:

 

http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/adap...ct-overview.htm

 

I've searched the forum and can't find anything about it. Any idea if it could be made to work?

 

Thanks for any info.

 

I made a quick guide for installing an Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adaptor (82574L) in OS X 10.6.4

Find it here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4057