From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 24 21:09:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A9FA106566B for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:09:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (delphij-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1ECE8FC1A for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:09:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DEC45C070 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:09:37 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2621655D1547; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:09:37 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([211.166.10.233]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id VkAi-2JZli4g; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:09:31 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (adsl-76-237-33-62.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [76.237.33.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 57A4355CDA22; Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:09:30 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=iO8gxkuQkjf/UZ0cp8V/oWJW8bW2rS8Cw3k/cfpCEEwGQwpAbpgLMYwvM8Mpa/hAk RAebOVpp/Il3B79rMK0jg== Message-ID: <49F22A87.2040905@delphij.net> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:09:27 -0700 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090408) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Stewart References: <000301c9c51e$a59b5100$f0d1f300$@org> In-Reply-To: <000301c9c51e$a59b5100$f0d1f300$@org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=18EDEBA0; url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom NIC Problem - Installing 7.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:09:39 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Paul, Paul Stewart wrote: > Hi there. > > I'm just getting back into the FreeBSD world after a long vacation ;) > > Just installed a shiny new Dell PowerEdge R710 server that comes with Four > embedded BroadcomR NetXtreme IIT 5709c Gigabit Ethernet NIC cards. The > installation does not recognize the NIC cards so I installed anyways. > Server boots up as normal and everything else looks good. > > Is there support for these NIC cards? Do I need to do a custom kernel or > load modules? Which release are you using? A moderately new -CURRENT snapshot (as you posted on -current@), or 7.2-RC2 should have supported the hardware you have mentioned. Cheers, - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknyKocACgkQi+vbBBjt66Bt/gCdGezsWWErBaVqk6deeeocltk1 STQAnRdeCNvDlCPBo/guanXQa5lKoAyK =K/6Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----