Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:06:28 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: pyunyh@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Conrad Burger <conrad.burger@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) Message-ID: <4546BDB4.8080801@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20061031003936.GB55910@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <d0c4d1610610300617t6a84a1f5q74d8f3159274c759@mail.gmail.com> <20061031003936.GB55910@cdnetworks.co.kr>
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Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> It seems that there is typo in bce(4) driver.
> Try attached patch.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Index: if_bce.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /pool/ncvs/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.17
> diff -u -r1.17 if_bce.c
> --- if_bce.c 21 Oct 2006 07:54:39 -0000 1.17
> +++ if_bce.c 31 Oct 2006 00:37:47 -0000
> @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
> "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" },
>
> /* BCM5708S controllers and OEM boards. */
> - { BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
> - "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" },
> + { BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708S, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
> + "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708S 1000Base-T" },
> { 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL }
> };
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Why remove a valid entry?
Scott
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