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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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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.

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