Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:59:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Howto: ethernet card on dell M6300 Message-ID: <200910071059.n97AxOex012423@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <106754.29417.qm@web52912.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was saddened to find that my ethernet card did not work on
> my FreeBSD 7.2 machine. The bge driver in the kernel did not
> support the broadcom 5756ME. Here is how I got it to work:
>
> 1. Set my machine up to compile the kernel (see section 8.5
> of manual)
>
> 2. Edit /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h. Add a definition
> for BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME with the value 0x1674 after
> BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M:
>
> #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M 0x1673
> #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME 0x1674
> #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 0x166A
>
> 3. Edit /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c. Add a reference to
> BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME after BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M:
>
> { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M },
> { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME },
> { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 },
>
> 4. Compile and install the kernel, and reboot
>
> 5. Configure the card using sysinstall
Would you please send a problem report containing
your patches? You can simply use the send-pr(1) tool,
or use the online web form.
That way your patches won't get lost. I think that the
developers of the NIC drivers aren't always reading the
questions@ mailing list.
Thank you very much!
Best regards
Oliver
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