Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 13:05:33 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Broadcomm NIC - not recognized Message-ID: <445A426D.50001@utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <4459DC71.5080807@dial.pipex.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIEOEFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <7C4B0DBB1010E81071B8F08E@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> <4459DC71.5080807@dial.pipex.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Alex Zbyslaw wrote: >> >> It's working fine since I installed 6.1. The odd thing is, I thought >> I needed the bce driver, but the 6.1 install detected the NIC and used >> the bge driver. That driver is available in 6.0 as well, yet it >> didn't work in that install. > > Why is this confusing? Drivers get updated to cover newer versions of > chips which didn't exist or weren't available to the developer when > originally written. If you really care then check out the CVS history > for your driver from the FreeBSD site (developer / CVS Repository / web > interface). > If I understand what you're saying, you're saying that the driver only gets updated for the latest OS? That seems a bit absurd to me. Wouldn't the bge driver be the same for every OS version that it's available for? -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ [-- Attachment #2 --] 0 *H 010 + 0 *H 00At"0 *H 010 UUS10U VeriSign, Inc.1<0:U3Class 2 Public Primary Certification Authority - G21:08U1(c) 1998 VeriSign, Inc. - For authorized use only10UVeriSign Trust Network0 990331000000Z 070114235959Z01'0%U The University of Texas System10UVeriSign Trust Network1;09U2Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)991200U)Class 2 CA - OnSite Individual Subscriber1-0+U$The University of Texas at Dallas CA00 *H 0 "zھ6p`0`S/5ɨ)=d}чTxxLIA ҥ~BQNths]1)%c#Dj9FXúKzI#C2 00)U"0 010UPrivateLabel1-1400 `HB0DU =0;09`HE0*0(+
