Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:43:25 +0000 From: "David Christensen" <davidch@broadcom.com> To: "pyunyh@gmail.com" <pyunyh@gmail.com>, "Sean Bruno" <seanbru@yahoo-inc.com> Cc: John <jwd@freebsd.org>, Gary Zambrano <zambrano@broadcom.com>, David Christensen <davidch@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Dell PowerEdge R820 Broadcom BCM57800 support Message-ID: <3A5015FE9E557D448AF7238AF0ACE20A225550@IRVEXCHMB11.corp.ad.broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <20120910203054.GA3557@michelle.cdnetworks.com> References: <20120816165651.GA39870@FreeBSD.org> <1347050759.3479.8.camel@powernoodle.corp.yahoo.com> <20120910203054.GA3557@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
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> > > I have an R820 I'm testing. The system seems to boot up fine, but > > > no network adapters show up. From pciconf -l : > > > > > > none4@pci0:1:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x1f5c1028 > chip=3D0x168a14e4 rev=3D0x10 hdr=3D0x00 > > > none5@pci0:1:0:1: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x1f5c1028 > chip=3D0x168a14e4 rev=3D0x10 hdr=3D0x00 > > > none6@pci0:1:0:2: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x1f671028 > chip=3D0x168a14e4 rev=3D0x10 hdr=3D0x00 > > > none7@pci0:1:0:3: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x1f671028 > chip=3D0x168a14e4 rev=3D0x10 hdr=3D0x00 > > > > > > which appears to be these: > > > > > > Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 10 GigE 1f5c > > > Broadcom BCM57800 NetXtreme II 1 GigE 1f67 >=20 > The chipid is 0x168a14e4 which indicates vendor is Broadcom and > device is NetXtreme II BCM57800 10G gigabit ethernet. I guess > bxe(4) would be right driver to pick up the controller but it seems > there is no support for BCM57800 in bxe(4) at this moment. > Probably David can add more comment on this(CCed). No committed plans to update bxe(4) to support BCM57712 or=20 BCM578XX at the moment. If you have a near term need for 10Gb=20 controllers on this platform you'll need to select an alternate rNDC=20 adapter when you order the system. I posted a request on freebsd-jobs last month looking for someone who would be interested in the work if you can recommend someone. Not all of the documentation=20 required for the effort is publically available so an NDA will likely be required to do the work. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-jobs/2012-August/000809.html Dave
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