Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:58:44 -0700 From: Yi-Hua Edward Yang <yeyang@ISI.EDU> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM5754 supported in 6.2 release? Message-ID: <45258014.5040506@isi.edu> In-Reply-To: <4524577E.3070700@rogers.com> References: <45243A87.8040301@isi.edu> <4524577E.3070700@rogers.com>
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Mike Jakubik wrote: > Yi-Hua Edward Yang wrote: >> I asked the question below a while back but got no answer. >> Does that mean BCM5754 integrated GbE will not be supported >> by 6.2 release at all? The HARDWARE.TXT file does not list >> it, but the source code seems to have the BCM5754 support, >> or at least so the CVS comments say. >> >> Does anyone know when if_bge will support BCM5754 GbE? We >> really hope to run FreeBSD on our Dell Precision desktops. > > If the source code mentions support, then it most likely will be > supported but has not made it to the docs yet. To be sure, download > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.2/6.2-BETA2-i386-bootonly.iso > , boot it up and see for yourself. Hi, thanks for your reply and suggestion. I downloaded FreeBSD 6.2 Beta2 and tried to boot it on Dell Precision 390. It failed with the same sympton as before (upgrade 6.1 release by cvsup and buildkernel/buildworld). The BCM5754 device is recognized (wrongly) as BCM5787, folloed by a kernel trap 19. This problem effectively makes FreeBSD 6.2 Beta2 unusable on any new Dell Precision machines. Please help, anyone? Thanks in advance! Edward
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