Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 11:01:48 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Broadcomm NIC - not recognized Message-ID: <4458D3EC.2050508@utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <200605032335.15040.yuanjue@yuanjue.net> References: <4458C3C0.1050904@utdallas.edu> <200605032335.15040.yuanjue@yuanjue.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Yuan, Jue wrote: > On Wednesday 03 May 2006 22:52, you wrote: >> I'm trying to set up a new laptop, and I have an odd problem. The >> laptop has a Broadcomm NetXtreme 57xx Gig Nic, and the install didn't >> recognize it. The GENERIC kernel has support for the NIC (bge and >> miibus), and I've done several installs on other hardware that detected >> the NIC just fine, but this one doesn't. There's nothing in dmesg, and >> ifconfig only shows lo0. >> >> How do I correct this problem? > > Does any other OS on this laptop could recognize the NIC ? Maybe it is > a problem of hardware ;) > It's a dual boot machine. Windows XP recognizes the NIC just fine, but *not* with the default drivers that come with XP SP2. I had to install the drivers from Dell. Maybe there's something different about this NIC? -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ [-- Attachment #2 --] 0 *H 010 + 0 *H 00At"0 *H 010 UUS10U VeriSign, Inc.1<0:U3Class 2 Public Primary Certification Authority - G21:08U1(c) 1998 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only10UVeriSign Trust Network0 990331000000Z 070114235959Z01'0%U The University of Texas System10UVeriSign Trust Network1;09U2Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)991200U)Class 2 CA - OnSite Individual Subscriber1-0+U$The University of Texas at Dallas CA00 *H 0 "zھ6p`0`S/5ɨ)=d}чTxxLIA ҥ~BQNths]1)%c#Dj9FXúKzI#C2 00)U"0 010UPrivateLabel1-1400 `HB0DU =0;09`HE0*0(+
