Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:37:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Will Saxon <WillS@housing.ufl.edu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom 5788 gige chip support Message-ID: <20030925093651.S8717@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8CBBD84@bragi.housing.ufl.edu> References: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8CBBD84@bragi.housing.ufl.edu>
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Will Saxon wrote: > Does anyone know if this will 'just work' with the bge driver? The > manpage indicates bge is for 570x devices. I think the 5788 is very new > (new enough not to be listed on the Broadcom website) so I am not able > to determine if it is even remotely similar. > > I may be working with a couple of motherboards that use this chip for > onboard gige, so if there is no support I will need to purchase a > different board or an additional network controller. You probably want to anyway; the broadcom gige chips have been a disaster. Go get a nice Intel. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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