Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 18:02:53 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Broadcomm NIC - not recognized Message-ID: <4459369D.7090103@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <4458DADD.4070203@utdallas.edu> References: <4458C3C0.1050904@utdallas.edu> <200605032335.15040.yuanjue@yuanjue.net> <4458D3EC.2050508@utdallas.edu> <44lktj13sb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4458DADD.4070203@utdallas.edu>
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Paul Schmehl wrote:
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>
>> Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> writes:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>>
>> Dell often does unexpectedly proprietary things like that, so it's
>> possible.
>> I think you may need the bce(4) driver rther than bge(4), but that is
>> in the GENERIC kernel these days also.
>
>
> Hmm...bce *isn't* in the GENERIC kernel for i386 6.0 RELEASE. Is this a
> new driver?
>
Yes. From bce(4):
HISTORY
The bce device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.1.
KDK
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