Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:07:50 -0700 From: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC driver question Message-ID: <200611212107.50950.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> In-Reply-To: <4563300A.2050408@mac.com> References: <4562CF3D.1070203@esiee.fr> <4563005E.7010807@esiee.fr> <4563300A.2050408@mac.com>
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El Mar 21 Nov 2006 09:57, Peter A. Giessel escribi=F3: > man em: > *** QUOTE *** > AUTHORS > The em driver was written by Intel Corporation > <freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com>. > *** END QUOTE *** > > man bge: > *** QUOTE *** > AUTHORS > The bge driver was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@windriver.com>. > *** END QUOTE *** Hi: =46orget about bge, since Bill Paul do not support this driver anymore! Here is the mail that he send me some months ago. =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------ El Mar 14 Mar 2006 22:22, escribi=F3: > Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Martin Alejandro > > Paredes Sanchez had to walk into mine and say: > > Hi: > > > > The problem is that the network card is not detected, is a network card > > Boradcom in the mother board. I see a chip with this numbers: > > > > Broadcom > > BCM5751FKFB > > HS0521 P21 > > 744910 N > > > > Whit "dmesg | grep -i ethe" I got: > > > > pci2: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > > > > With "pciconf -lv" I got: > > > > none3@pci2:0:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x02f71014 chip=3D0x167e14e4 re= v=3D0x11 > > hdr=3D0x00 > > vendor =3D 'Broadcom Corporation' > > device =3D 'BCM5751F NetXtreme Fast Ethernet PCI Express' > > class =3D network > > subclass =3D ethernet > > > > The manual for bge(4), says: > > > > bge -- Broadcom BCM570x/5714/5721/5750/5751/5789 PCI Gigabit Ethernet > > adapter driver > > > > is this nic supported? > > > > TIA > > Oh for crap's sake. How many people are going to keep bothering me with > this. For the umpity-umpth time, I do not support this driver anymore! > > Why don't you make a tiny bit of effort and find out for yourself if the > NIC is supported! Edit /sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h, and change this: > > #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5751M 0x167D > > to this: > > #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5751M 0x167E > > Then recompile your kernel and find out for yourself it it works. Then ma= il > all your findings to the freebsd-current mailing list and ask for someone > to update the driver. > > -Bill > > -- > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D >=3D=3D -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of U= nix-Fu > wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D >=3D=3D "Ignorance may be bliss, but delusion is ecstasy!" -Perki > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D >=3D=3D
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