From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 7 10:59:41 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 979521065670 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:59:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03D6F8FC16 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:59:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n97AxO49012424; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:59:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n97AxOex012423; Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:59:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:59:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200910071059.n97AxOex012423@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com In-Reply-To: <106754.29417.qm@web52912.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:59:39 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Howto: ethernet card on dell M6300 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:59:41 -0000 Chris Stankevitz 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 -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality." -- The Dalai Lama