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Subject: Re: BCM5754 supported in 6.2 release?
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Yi-Hua Edward Yang wrote:
> I asked the question below a while back but got no answer.
> Does that mean BCM5754 integrated GbE will not be supported
> by 6.2 release at all? The HARDWARE.TXT file does not list
> it, but the source code seems to have the BCM5754 support,
> or at least so the CVS comments say.
>
> Does anyone know when if_bge will support BCM5754 GbE? We
> really hope to run FreeBSD on our Dell Precision desktops.

If the source code mentions support, then it most likely will be 
supported but has not made it to the docs yet. To be sure, download 
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.2/6.2-BETA2-i386-bootonly.iso 
, boot it up and see for yourself.