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Subject: Re: bge network driver not loaded on a HP (Compaq) Proliant DL380
 G3
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David Landgren <david@landgren.net> writes:

> I am in the process of installing FreeBSD 4.7 on an HP Proliant DL380
> G3. At the moment I am blocked by the fact that the kernel does not
> recognise the network card (or rather, does not load the bge driver).

I faced the same problem with a ML370 G3. My ugly workaround was to
plug in this machine another - well recognized - network card. I used
an Intel EtherExpressPro10/100 (fxp) for this.

On 4.8-RC the bge driver works well.

Regards.

-- 
Nicolas