From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 22 04:08:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D3AB16A47E for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:08:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mapsware@prodigy.net.mx) Received: from smtp.prodigy.net.mx (nlpproxy08.prodigy.net.mx [148.235.52.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F100143D94 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:07:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mapsware@prodigy.net.mx) Received: from smtp.prodigy.net.mx (nlpproxy08 [148.235.52.28]) by smtp.prodigy.net.mx (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.05 (built Mar 3 2005)) with ESMTP id <0J9400AID653W3@smtp.prodigy.net.mx>; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:07:51 -0600 (CST) Received: from morena.maps.mx(dsl-189-165-11-230.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.165.11.230]) by smtp.prodigy.net.mx(iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 2.05 (built Mar 3 2005))with ESMTP id <0J9400HXO652XT@smtp.prodigy.net.mx>; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:07:51 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:07:50 -0700 From: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez In-reply-to: <4563300A.2050408@mac.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <200611212107.50950.mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 X-imss-version: 2.044 X-imss-result: Passed X-imss-scores: Clean:95.47614 C:2 M:3 S:5 R:5 X-imss-settings: Baseline:5 C:4 M:4 S:4 R:4 (1.5000 1.5000) References: <4562CF3D.1070203@esiee.fr> <4563005E.7010807@esiee.fr> <4563300A.2050408@mac.com> Subject: Re: NIC driver question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:08:05 -0000 El Mar 21 Nov 2006 09:57, Peter A. Giessel escribi=F3: > man em: > *** QUOTE *** > AUTHORS > The em driver was written by Intel Corporation > . > *** END QUOTE *** > > man bge: > *** QUOTE *** > AUTHORS > The bge driver was written by Bill Paul . > *** 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: 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