From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 16:13:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 924D91065676 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 692BF8FC14 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1L11Iq-0005n0-M2 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:13:48 -0800 Message-ID: <20503489.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:13:48 -0800 (PST) From: "weinter.lim" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200811131436.57422.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: limguowei@gmail.com References: <20475350.post@talk.nabble.com> <200811131436.57422.jhb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems With BroadCom NetXtreme Ethernet and Atheros AR5B91 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:13:49 -0000 On Thursday 13 November 2008 01:18:03 am weinter.lim wrote: > > I am using FreeBSD 7.1 BETA 2 on my New Acer Aspire 4530 > During Boot Dmesg did not detect my Ethernet BroadCom NetXtreme > pciconf -lv > > none5@pci0:8:0:0 Class=0X020000 card=0X014a1025 chip=0X168414e4 rev=0X10 > hdr=0X00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > class = network > subclass = ethernet The Linux tg3 driver claims this is a BCM5764. Can you try this patch and include any messages (especially any phy messages) from a verbose boot? Alternatively, you could boot w/o bge in the kernel, turn on bootverbose (debug.bootverbose sysctl) and kldload a patched bge.ko and capture the dmesg output. Index: if_bge.c =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c,v retrieving revision 1.215 diff -u -r1.215 if_bge.c --- if_bge.c 27 Oct 2008 22:10:01 -0000 1.215 +++ if_bge.c 13 Nov 2008 19:33:15 -0000 @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5754M }, { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755 }, { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M }, + { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5764 }, { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 }, { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780S }, { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5781 }, Index: if_bgereg.h =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h,v retrieving revision 1.81 diff -u -r1.81 if_bgereg.h --- if_bgereg.h 14 Oct 2008 20:28:42 -0000 1.81 +++ if_bgereg.h 13 Nov 2008 19:33:02 -0000 @@ -2094,6 +2094,7 @@ #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5754M 0x1672 #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755 0x167B #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M 0x1673 +#define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5764 0x1684 #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 0x166A #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780S 0x166B #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5781 0x16DD Hi, I patched the files as advise the Ethernet was detected but upon configuring the network no data was transmitted (the activity light did not lit up) and the system hung Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problems-With-BroadCom-NetXtreme-Ethernet-and-Atheros-AR5B91-tp20475350p20503489.html Sent from the freebsd-hardware mailing list archive at Nabble.com.