Should i210 iNVM be programmed firstly before it can be detected in PCI bus?

[Junjing_S_Intel]

Hello,

I have a customer who is enabling a I210-IT device which adopt the iNVM and EEPROM-less design. They have trouble to detect the i210 Ethernet controller in bios, and ask whether the i210 iNVM should be programmed firstly before it can be detected in PCI bus?

[Gabriel_T_Intel]

Hello Jun Jing,

Thanks for contacting Intel Embedded Community.

We are going to contact you by email.

Regards,

Gabriel Thomas

[Josue_C_Intel]

Hello Jun Jing,

Thanks for your patience, please refer to the section 8.4.10 EEPROM Auto Read Bus Control - EEARBC (0x12024; R/W), from the document:

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/i210-ethernet-controller-datasheet.pdf Intel® Ethernet Controller I210 Datasheet, Networking Division (ND), September 2015, Revision Number: 2.8 Order No. 333016-001

Regards,

Josue.