Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 10:05:05 -0700 From: YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Paul Thornton <prt@prt.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM57765 support? Message-ID: <20110504170505.GA9362@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <20110419220907.GD1637@michelle.cdnetworks.com> References: <4DADD913.5010208@prt.org> <20110419220907.GD1637@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
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On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 03:09:07PM -0700, YongHyeon PYUN wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 07:48:51PM +0100, Paul Thornton wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The bge driver doesn't support this chipset yet and I was wondering if > > anyone has looked at implementing it. > > > > NetBSD looks like it has support for it. Now I may be wrong here, but > > it appears that the BCM57765 is similar to other devices based on the > > NetBSD if_bge.c source version 1.194. > > > > I've tried applying the NetBSD changes to the FreeBSD bge source but I > > don't know enough about the hardware and the code is different enough > > that I haven't made it very far. I can get a patched 8.2 kernel to > > detect the device, complain that the ASIC is unknown, read the MAC > > address correctly and determine there is link but as soon as you attempt > > to ifconfig up the interface the machine locks up. > > > > I'm happy to try and port this over but need a nudge in the right > > direction from someone who knows the code. > > > > Here is experimental patch for BCM57765 family controllers. I > don't have these controllers so the patch was not tested at all > except compile. Recent Broadcom controllers like BCM57765 support > EEE(Energy Efficient Ethernet) feature but it is not yet supported > by the patch. > Also it would good to see the output of "pciconf -lcbv" and dmesg > after applying the patch. FYI: Committed to HEAD(r221445).
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