Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:20:45 -0500 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bge on the new Mac Mini Message-ID: <20121116162045.GC24320@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <50A66198.6060108@wintek.com> References: <50A65BFC.7030406@wintek.com> <50A65EB5.7040004@mu.org> <50A66198.6060108@wintek.com>
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:54:00AM -0500, Richard Kuhns wrote: > On 11/16/12 10:41, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > Often that is all that is needed. It's worth a shot and reporting back. > > > > Do you know how to update the table in the driver, rebuild/install > > kernel and check? > > > > -Alfred > > > > I'm afraid not. I grepped for the hex value reported on the one that works > (chip=0x16b414e4), but I couldn't find it in its entirety, 16b4, or 14e4. So I > don't know what to add :-( > > I don't have any problem with rebuilding and installing a new kernel, though. 14e4 is the ID for Broadcom 16b4 is the ID for BCM57765, a NetXtreme Desktop/Mobile chip http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/determine_driver.php has a list of the BCM PCI ID values There is a (frequently incomplete) database of user reported PCI values at http://www.pcidatabase.com. It has the BCM ID (14e4), but not your chip Linux uses the tg3 driver for that chipset apparently, but I think thats a general dumping ground for a lot of Broadcom products. Not sure what the appropriate FreeBSD driver to add the ID code to would be. Regards, Garyhelp
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