Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:18:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Atrens <atrens@nortelnetworks.com> To: Don Bowman <don@sandvine.com> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Asus A7V8X mobo + bge driver = panic Message-ID: <20021021094614.P1025-100000@hcarp00g.ca.nortel.com> In-Reply-To: <FE045D4D9F7AED4CBFF1B3B813C8533701022CEA@mail.sandvine.com>
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You are correct. Pulled out my flashlight and checked, and indeed it's a - BroadCom BCM4401 KFB on the Asus site they also say - LAN (optional) Broadcom=AE 10/100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps Ethernet controller so I must have somehow gotten the 10/100 chip. :) Sorry for the confusion :) :) Grepping the sources I can't seem to find 4401 anywhere so I suspect this chip is not yet supported ? Andrew. On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Don Bowman wrote: > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:35:01 -0400 > From: Don Bowman <don@sandvine.com> > To: "Atrens, Andrew [SKY:QV96:EXCH]" <atrens@americasm01.nt.com>, > John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> > Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Asus A7V8X mobo + bge driver =3D panic > > > From: Andrew Atrens [mailto:atrens@nortelnetworks.com] > > the second link quoted by Don Bowman shows an almost identical chip > > (also characterized as being GigE) > > > > http://www.motherboards.org/articlesd/motherboard-reviews/1205_1.html > > Actually, the link I sent shows that Asus motherboards have one > or the other broadcom... A 570x OR or a 4401 (its optional). > The 4401 is a 10/100. Suspiciously, 4401 is also the device id > you are seeing... > > A quick google search: > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=3Dnavclient&q=3Dasus+4401 > shows that asus has used this 4401 in the past on other motherboards. > > I don't suppose you can physically look @ the board and see > if you can find the BCM570X on it? It would likely be near > the RJ45 @ the back. > > I have access to the 570x specs, and there is no mention > of 4401 as a valid device id, so either the OEM (Asus) has set it > wrong in the eeprom, or it really is a different chip. > > I also forwarded a patch for the bge that causes it to dump out > the VPD and the MFG info. > > --don (don@sandvine.com www.sandvine.com) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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