Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:29:29 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) Message-ID: <20061215102929.eef32522.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <b41c75520612150726x7602b1a6hae9ac9c0b4826186@mail.gmail.com> References: <d0c4d1610610300617t6a84a1f5q74d8f3159274c759@mail.gmail.com> <20061215125509.GK2761@freenix.no> <20061215085216.b7c8a814.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <b41c75520612150726x7602b1a6hae9ac9c0b4826186@mail.gmail.com>
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In response to "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com>: > > > > 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. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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