Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:17:41 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Subject: Re: [D800] Dell D800 (FBSD 5.2-release) Broadcom BCM5705M MTU/Jumbo Problem Message-ID: <16400.37461.290134.492889@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <4010853E.20105@centtech.com> References: <20040123011206.GA1701@ack.Berkeley.EDU> <4010800A.2050109@centtech.com> <16400.33337.986657.212849@canoe.dclg.ca> <4010853E.20105@centtech.com>
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>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> writes: Eric> bge0: <Broadcom BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x1002> mem Eric> 0xfaff0000-0xfaffffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci2 bge0: Eric> Ethernet address: 00:0b:db:a3:f9:a1 miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 Eric> brgphy0: <BCM5703 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0 brgphy0: Eric> 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, Eric> 1000baseTX-FDX, auto So the D600 (or possibly newer Dell laptops) have the better part... maybe. The 'M' designation might also be about low power ... but how much does batterylife matter when you're plugged into ethernet :). Eric> Strange - it shows BCM5702, then BCM5703 If you look in the code, you'll probably find that one of the lines is being more specific about the chip. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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