From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 31 10:26:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AD1216A415 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:26:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrad.burger@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 172A543D45 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:26:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from conrad.burger@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so1525319wxd for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:26:23 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Krb6ewNZGBZYvCgNPoVKqF1dMufGJK9WZHJQcOqo2Fpv9Ggvh99Hlrh7wppr17gwTGsyKZMTuRSTjtFW1VAvNyGQPCycFWfkx9EjZugNCUuwGiM7ZgmA3dYBgzZTthG62jFAdBsMobdxBIGB1NtYmiHF/LJ91GGRjQc9CyLzroM= Received: by 10.90.105.20 with SMTP id d20mr2061003agc; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:26:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.114.6 with HTTP; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:26:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:26:23 +0200 From: "Conrad Burger" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4546BFE5.5090206@samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20061031003936.GB55910@cdnetworks.co.kr> <4546BDB4.8080801@samsco.org> <20061031031345.GD55910@cdnetworks.co.kr> <4546BFE5.5090206@samsco.org> Cc: pyunyh@gmail.com Subject: Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:26:24 -0000 On 31/10/06, Scott Long wrote: > Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 08:06:28PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > > > 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? > > > > > > > I didn't remove it. You can see duplicated BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708s in > > bce_devs. > > > > > Scott > > > > Oops, you're right. I've been accidentally ignoring this anyways, I'll > take care of it. Thanks! > > Scott > Thanks the kernel now recognizes the network interface. But it fails to "attach" the driver to the interface and gives the following error. "bce0 if_bce.c(531) SerDes controllers are not supported!" What now .... is there anything else I can try? Regards Conrad