Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 22:04:22 +0000 From: Ben Suffolk <ben@vanilla.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP DL360 G5 Message-ID: <5F828C26-7ED6-4802-B0CC-0CF84643FB38@vanilla.net> In-Reply-To: <200611061629.26307.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200611061642.kA6GgqU4094345@lurza.secnetix.de> <200611061629.26307.jhb@freebsd.org>
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>> I just googled a bit (because we might get G5 machines in
>> the future, too). HP's NC373i module contains the Broadcom
>> 5708 chips, which are currently _not_ supported by FreeBSD
>> right now.
>
> man 4 bce
> ..
> BCE(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces
> Manual BCE(4)
>
> NAME
> bce -- Broadcom NetXtreme II (BCM5706/BCM5708) PCI/PCIe
> Gigabit Ethernet
> adapter driver
From the bce source :-
/* BCM5708C controllers and OEM boards. */
{ BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
"Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" },
Good news, so it looks like it will be fine for me to go ahead and
make this purchase.
Regards
Ben
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