From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 15:38:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36C1E16A47E for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:38:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.191]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18B3243CC8 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:36:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x37so1109233nfc for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:38:12 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=QJ907vEBN2v1DfOXMfH1Zkn7OHay8aVNSWYLDu2VTVSH+XY7qtWt1lEXZMEFyGZayCMVBjoAjNWuvQPQMGuoTqpOcDqhUwqPJkAa2yQLhhlZRbppeuR6YK5f6IogODpmpVscvccjIuSc6IIClga+6v7KW8R/R/byT551Wt96Kxo= Received: by 10.49.20.14 with SMTP id x14mr165945nfi.1166197092653; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:38:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.100.10 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:38:12 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:38:12 +0100 From: "Claus Guttesen" To: "Bill Moran" In-Reply-To: <20061215102929.eef32522.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20061215125509.GK2761@freenix.no> <20061215085216.b7c8a814.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20061215102929.eef32522.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:38:28 -0000 > > > > > I am trying to get FreeBSD to work on a Dell 1955 blade. Looks like > > > > > the NICs on the blade are not supported by the BCE or BGE driver. > > > > > > > > > > On Linux the NICs are identified as "06:00.0 Ethernet controller: > > > > > Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708S Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11)" > > > > > > > > > > >From "if_bce.c" > > > > > ------------------------- > > > > > * The following controllers are not supported by this driver: > > > > > * (These are not "Production" versions of the controller.) > > > > > * BCM5706C A0, A1 > > > > > * BCM5706S A0, A1, A2, A3 > > > > > * BCM5708C A0, B0 > > > > > * --> BCM5708S <-- A0, B0, B1 > > > > > > > > > > Is there any reason why the chipset is not supported? Is there anyway > > > > > of getting the BCE or BGE driver to work with this chipset? Will it be > > > > > supported sometime in the near future? > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > > > > > > > Any development here? We have just started purchasing 1955 Blades and would > > > > very much like to install FreeBSD on them :) > > > > > > Support for them is in CURRENT and 6.2, although the comment saying > > > that they're _not_ supported is still there as well ;) > > > > No, unfortunately not. The controller is recognized but then bails out > > with "SerDes controller not supported". Have tried (many times :-/ ). > > Ah ... that part wasn't clear. > > Unfortunately, I don't have any further information on this. It appears as a generic (blade) issue, Dell- and HP-blades exhibit this behaviour. regards Claus