Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:19:15 -0700 From: "David Christensen" <davidch@broadcom.com> To: "Eric Anderson" <anderson@centtech.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: RE: bge/bce support for another Dell card Message-ID: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD90301FD1F42@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <4511AA4A.2070601@centtech.com>
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> We've got a brand new Dell Precision 390 (Core 2 Duo) which has a=20 > Broadcom NIC in it, Probably much like the one in the PowerEdge 1950,=20 > but cheaper and less reliable (if you can imagine that). =20 > It's doesn't=20 > seem to be supported yet on the 6-STABLE branch, and so I'm=20 > wondering if=20 > we would have better luck with -CURRENT, or if the PCI ID's=20 > just need to=20 > be mapped out, etc. The PowerEdge servers use the 5708 controller which is supported by the bce driver. >=20 > Here's the pciconf output for that card: >=20 > none2@pci4:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x01de1028=20 > chip=3D0x167a14e4 rev=3D0x02=20 > hdr=3D0x00 > vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > class =3D network > subclass =3D ethernet >=20 >=20 > I see a line in the bge driver (sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h), like: >=20 > #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5754 0x167A >=20 > But I believe it's a BCM5787, and when the bge driver loads,=20 > the system=20 > panics because of (excude my vagueness here - I'll get the details=20 > tomorrow) some kind of NMI memory checksum failure, but the device is=20 > fine, tests ok, and runs perfectly under other OS'es. >=20 > Is that device supposed to be supported yet on -STABLE or -CURRENT? The 5787 has a device ID of 0x169b. The 0x167a is used on the 5754. Dave
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