diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 28bca81fc7..b539e5d1d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "common",
  "netutils",
+ "pcid",
  "redox-daemon",
  "redox_event 0.1.0",
  "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
diff --git a/e1000d/Cargo.toml b/e1000d/Cargo.toml
index bc1bc8b47e..90b9367de0 100644
--- a/e1000d/Cargo.toml
+++ b/e1000d/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ redox_event = { git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/event.git" }
 redox_syscall = "0.4"
 
 common = { path = "../common" }
+pcid = { path = "../pcid" }
diff --git a/e1000d/config.toml b/e1000d/config.toml
index 932e33bae8..5ab5ad0bd5 100644
--- a/e1000d/config.toml
+++ b/e1000d/config.toml
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 name = "E1000 NIC"
 class = 0x02
 ids = { 0x8086 = [0x1004, 0x100e, 0x100f, 0x1503] }
-command = ["e1000d", "$NAME", "$BAR0", "$BARSIZE0", "$IRQ"]
+command = ["e1000d"]
+use_channel = true
diff --git a/e1000d/src/main.rs b/e1000d/src/main.rs
index 2e2a617c8f..328c7d0d3c 100644
--- a/e1000d/src/main.rs
+++ b/e1000d/src/main.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ extern crate netutils;
 extern crate syscall;
 
 use std::cell::RefCell;
-use std::{env, process};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{ErrorKind, Read, Result, Write};
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, RawFd};
+use std::process;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use event::EventQueue;
+use pcid_interface::{PciBar, PcidServerHandle};
 use syscall::{EventFlags, Packet, SchemeBlockMut};
 
 pub mod device;
@@ -58,19 +59,23 @@ fn handle_update(
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut args = env::args().skip(1);
+    let mut pcid_handle =
+        PcidServerHandle::connect_default().expect("e1000d: failed to setup channel to pcid");
+    let pci_config = pcid_handle
+        .fetch_config()
+        .expect("e1000d: failed to fetch config");
 
-    let mut name = args.next().expect("e1000d: no name provided");
+    let mut name = pci_config.func.name();
     name.push_str("_e1000");
 
-    let bar_str = args.next().expect("e1000d: no address provided");
-    let bar = usize::from_str_radix(&bar_str, 16).expect("e1000d: failed to parse address");
+    let bar = match pci_config.func.bars[0] {
+        PciBar::Memory32(addr) => addr as usize,
+        PciBar::Memory64(addr) => addr as usize,
+        PciBar::None | PciBar::Port(_) => unreachable!(),
+    };
+    let bar_size = pci_config.func.bar_sizes[0] as usize;
 
-    let bar_size_str = args.next().expect("e1000d: no address size provided");
-    let bar_size = usize::from_str_radix(&bar_size_str, 16).expect("e1000d: failed to parse address size");
-
-    let irq_str = args.next().expect("e1000d: no irq provided");
-    let irq = irq_str.parse::<u8>().expect("e1000d: failed to parse irq");
+    let irq = pci_config.func.legacy_interrupt_line;
 
     eprintln!(" + E1000 {} on: {:X} size: {} IRQ: {}", name, bar, bar_size, irq);