From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 08:37:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9539C16A4B3 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:37:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (gaff.hhhr.ision.net [195.180.9.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DC3443F3F for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 08:37:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Received: from gaff.hhhr.ision.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gaff.hhhr.ision.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8MFbLJM013432 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:37:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net) Received: from localhost (ohoyer@localhost)h8MFbJqc013429; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:37:20 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:37:19 +0200 (CEST) From: Olaf Hoyer To: william paul In-Reply-To: <200309191624.JAA18255@huisne.wrs.com> Message-ID: <20030922173507.T13423@gaff.hhhr.ision.net> References: <200309191624.JAA18255@huisne.wrs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unrecognized Broadcom 570x Chip on Dell1750 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:37:20 -0000 X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:37:20 -0000 On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, william paul wrote: > Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Olaf Hoyer > had to walk into mine and say: > > > HI! > > > > Got @work a new Dell 1750 machine, serverworks Chipset w/Xeon CPU, also > > dual gigE Broadcom chipsets. > > FreeBSD 4.8-R failed to recognize the chip, but Knoppix 3.2 (Linux > > Distro, based on debian iirc, recognized the broadcom chips, iirc as > > 5704 ones) > > Yeah yeah yeah. Try a FreeBSD 4.9 snapshot. Support for the 5704 was > added after FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE came out. 4.9 should also support > the 5705 chips. > Hi! Thanks, I put in an xl, cvsupped, and built world, and now it runs... Someone could add the Dell 1750 as being compatible with FreeBSD 4.9-Prerelease, also being mentioned in the bge(4) manpage. With kind regards Olaf -- Olaf Hoyer ohoyer@gaff.hhhr.ision.net Fuerchterliche Erlebniss geben zu raten, ob der, welcher sie erlebt, nicht etwas Fuerchterliches ist. (Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und Boese)