From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 1 02:13:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 814F716A412 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 02:13:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E8E43D8B for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 02:13:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1925003wxd for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:13:09 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=caYDI5pzN9h2Sldcg8rfYqlsMZEw6qdw2P5i05XYPzu5cKe2L5c1LGR/Y1FqD8YePNXhaOTGmF1F6aa4Z213g+aJo3uT8FsBPuKfVPU7Zla6+0LYEZ0o4uiGtgv5gnUafh84LcWnmBeFTYPwOXckXOvJDirD1hWWcGKaslsMGPA= Received: by 10.70.9.4 with SMTP id 4mr8470020wxi; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:13:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 66sm8074463wra.2006.10.31.18.13.06; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:13:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id kA12FK76061144 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:15:20 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id kA12FIgf061143; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:15:18 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:15:18 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Conrad Burger Message-ID: <20061101021518.GA58361@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <20061031003936.GB55910@cdnetworks.co.kr> <4546BDB4.8080801@samsco.org> <20061031031345.GD55910@cdnetworks.co.kr> <4546BFE5.5090206@samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, davidch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:13:31 -0000 On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 03:28:37PM +0200, Conrad Burger wrote: > On 31/10/06, Conrad Burger wrote: > >On 31/10/06, Scott Long wrote: > >> Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > >> > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 08:06:28PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > >> > > Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > >> > > >On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:17:00PM +0200, Conrad Burger wrote: > >> > > > > I am trying to get FreeBSD to work on a Dell 1955 blade. Looks > >like > >> > > > > the NICs on the blade are not supported by the BCE or BGE > >driver. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > On Linux the NICs are identified as "06:00.0 Ethernet > >controller: > >> > > > > Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708S Gigabit Ethernet > >(rev 11)" > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >From "if_bce.c" > >> > > > > ------------------------- > >> > > > > * The following controllers are not supported by this driver: > >> > > > > * (These are not "Production" versions of the controller.) > >> > > > > * BCM5706C A0, A1 > >> > > > > * BCM5706S A0, A1, A2, A3 > >> > > > > * BCM5708C A0, B0 > >> > > > > * --> BCM5708S <-- A0, B0, B1 > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Is there any reason why the chipset is not supported? Is there > >anyway > >> > > > > of getting the BCE or BGE driver to work with this chipset? > >Will it be > >> > > > > supported sometime in the near future? > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >It seems that there is typo in bce(4) driver. > >> > > >Try attached patch. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > > > > >> > > >Index: if_bce.c > >> > > >=================================================================== > >> > > >RCS file: /pool/ncvs/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v > >> > > >retrieving revision 1.17 > >> > > >diff -u -r1.17 if_bce.c > >> > > >--- if_bce.c 21 Oct 2006 07:54:39 -0000 1.17 > >> > > >+++ if_bce.c 31 Oct 2006 00:37:47 -0000 > >> > > >@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ > >> > > > "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" }, > >> > > > > >> > > > /* BCM5708S controllers and OEM boards. */ > >> > > >- { BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, > >> > > >- "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" }, > >> > > >+ { BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708S, PCI_ANY_ID, > >PCI_ANY_ID, > >> > > >+ "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708S 1000Base-T" }, > >> > > > { 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL } > >> > > > }; > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > > > >> > > Why remove a valid entry? > >> > > > >> > > >> > I didn't remove it. You can see duplicated BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708s in > >> > bce_devs. > >> > > >> > > Scott > >> > > >> > >> Oops, you're right. I've been accidentally ignoring this anyways, I'll > >> take care of it. Thanks! > >> > >> Scott > >> > > > >Thanks the kernel now recognizes the network interface. > > > >But it fails to "attach" the driver to the interface and gives the > >following error. > >"bce0 if_bce.c(531) SerDes controllers are not supported!" > > > >What now .... is there anything else I can try? > > > >Regards > >Conrad > > > > In if_bce.c I found the following comment "/* DRC - ToDo: Add SerDes > support. */". > > Looks like the SerDes code for the BCE driver still needs to be developed :( > > If someone could finish the SerDes code for the driver, I will spend > as much time as needed to test each code change that is attempted to > get the SerDes stuff working :) > > If needs be I will hook a console up to the system to make it > accessible over the internet. > Because I don't the hardware and datasheet for the chip I can't make any further changes for you. Sorry. But you can ask the driver author for a plan for SERDES transceiver support. CCed to David Christensen, the author of the driver. -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon