Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:55:09 +0100 From: "Morten A. Middelthon" <morten@freenix.no> To: Conrad Burger <conrad.burger@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) Message-ID: <20061215125509.GK2761@freenix.no> In-Reply-To: <d0c4d1610610300617t6a84a1f5q74d8f3159274c759@mail.gmail.com> References: <d0c4d1610610300617t6a84a1f5q74d8f3159274c759@mail.gmail.com>
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--yiup30KVCQiHUZFC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:17:00PM +0200, Conrad Burger wrote: > 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. >=20 > On Linux the NICs are identified as "06:00.0 Ethernet controller: > Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708S Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11)" >=20 > >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 >=20 > 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? >=20 > 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 :) with regards, --=20 Morten A. Middelthon To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy. --yiup30KVCQiHUZFC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFgpstvsz2LoKf32oRAo7NAKCDMvJDJpTKR0r+luGrmG/Lbv3bHQCaAqPi AmZYuvUoxBOUO162vzLhFZM= =ZjrF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yiup30KVCQiHUZFC--
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