Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:49:21 +0900 From: YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bge on the new Mac Mini Message-ID: <20121122014921.GA3180@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <50AD32A6.8080209@wintek.com> References: <50A65BFC.7030406@wintek.com> <20121120085200.GB1778@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <50AD32A6.8080209@wintek.com>
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 02:59:34PM -0500, Richard Kuhns wrote: > On 11/20/12 03:52, YongHyeon PYUN wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:30:04AM -0500, Richard Kuhns wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Over the last month or so I've installed FreeBSD 9 (-stable) on several Mac > >> Minis via the memstick image; they seem to be pretty good little boxes for > >> things like offsite secondary nameservers, for example, and they're easily > >> replaced in case of problems. > >> > >> However, the newest minis have slightly different hardware, and FreeBSD can't > >> find the built-in NIC. pciconf -lv on the new mini shows it as > >> > >> none3@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x168614e4 chip=0x168614e4 rev=0x01 > > > > It seems this controller is BCM57766. > > > >> hdr=0x00 > >> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > >> class = network > >> subclass = ethernet > >> > >> The previous edition mini (that works) reports > >> > >> bge0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x16b414e4 chip=0x16b414e4 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 > >> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > >> device = 'NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe' > >> class = network > >> subclass = ethernet > >> > >> Is there a chance that adding the new card/chip info to the current driver would > >> allow it to work? I'll be happy to test and report back. I'm afraid I'm not > >> familiar enough with hardware at that level to figure out the patch myself. > >> > > > > Try attached patch and let me know whether the patch works or not. > > If the patch works please share dmesg output(bge(4) and brgphy(4) > > output only). > > Note, the patch was generated against CURRENT. > > > > I'm afraid it didn't help. I ended up grabbing if_bge.c and if_bgereg.h from I guess you also need to copy brgphy.c from HEAD to /usr/src/sys/dev/mii directory. > HEAD using svnweb.freebsd.org. The patch installed cleanly and there were no > errors during the build, but still no NIC. Does it mean you're not seeing bge0 interface? Or you can't pass any traffic via bge0? > > Just to make sure you know, I've made no local modifications at all. This was a > fresh install and I've touched nothing except for these 2 files. > > Thanks! > > -- > Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> My Desk: 765-269-8541 > Wintek Corporation Internet Support: 765-269-8503 > 427 N 6th Street Consulting: 765-269-8504 > Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Accounting: 765-269-8502
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