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Subject: RE: Broadcom NIC not recognized by FreeBSD?
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> > > The bge driver recognizes the controller but fails to get the=20
> > > adapter's BAR memory mapped by the OS.  Since it's only=20
> requesting=20
> > > 64KB it sounds like an OS issue.  If you remove any other PCI=20
> > > devices in the system does the bge driver load?
> >=20
> > I cannot remove any devices from the system.
> > The problem is occurring on an Acer Aspire 5920 laptop with no=20
> > external devices plugged into it.
>=20
> You can try disabling ACPI.  On some machines ACPI=20
> initialization inexpicably clears the I/O windows in certain=20
> PCI-PCI bridges and FreeBSD does not cope well with this case.

Does that apply to memory windows too?  The device doesn't support
legacy I/O, only memory mapped registers.

Dave=