Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:54:00 -0800 From: "David Christensen" <davidch@broadcom.com> To: "Scott Long" <scottl@samsco.org>, pyunyh@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, davidch@freebsd.org, Conrad Burger <conrad.burger@gmail.com> Subject: RE: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) Message-ID: <09BFF2FA5EAB4A45B6655E151BBDD903023623C5@NT-IRVA-0750.brcm.ad.broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <45480479.6090100@samsco.org>
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> > > >> 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. > > > > I might try to take a look at this. I wonder if the Linux driver > already has support. > > Scott > Yes, the Linux bnx2 driver does support SerDes. I don't have the bandwidth to tackle this feature until after the first of the year, though a few other people have also considered looking into adding the support. Dave
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