Intel 82566MM -- Mac OS X driver init and start done.

After a couple of days and many reboots. the init and start of the driver for Intel82566MM on Mac OS X almost done.


Now I am working on the enable and disable interface of the driver.
So far the driver can get the mac address of the Intel82566MM ethernet card and could be configured by ifconfig or Mac OS X setup tool.


A watchdog timer is running and check the link down and up. (Actually it works not very well. I am fixing it.)


Try this version and feel my progress. download



su to root user and excute


cd /tmp


tar zxvf xxxx/Intel82566MM.tar.gz


ls -l (check Intel82566MM.kext has correct user:group that should be root:wheel)


kextload Intel82566MM.kext


...... (ifconfig or other Mac OS X network config tools)


kextunload Intel82566MM.kext




WARNING and DISCLAIM: The driver is only suit for Lenovo T61p. Using or Testing the driver may crash your system. You should make sure you have backup and made your data safty. And you take the total risk if you install/running this driver.