Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 18:02:53 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Broadcomm NIC - not recognized Message-ID: <4459369D.7090103@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <4458DADD.4070203@utdallas.edu> References: <4458C3C0.1050904@utdallas.edu> <200605032335.15040.yuanjue@yuanjue.net> <4458D3EC.2050508@utdallas.edu> <44lktj13sb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <4458DADD.4070203@utdallas.edu>
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Paul Schmehl wrote: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> writes: >> >>> It's a dual boot machine. Windows XP recognizes the NIC just fine, >>> but *not* with the default drivers that come with XP SP2. I had to >>> install the drivers from Dell. >>> >>> Maybe there's something different about this NIC? >> >> >> Dell often does unexpectedly proprietary things like that, so it's >> possible. >> I think you may need the bce(4) driver rther than bge(4), but that is >> in the GENERIC kernel these days also. > > > Hmm...bce *isn't* in the GENERIC kernel for i386 6.0 RELEASE. Is this a > new driver? > Yes. From bce(4): HISTORY The bce device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.1. KDK -- LEVERAGE: Even if someone doesn't care what the world thinks about them, they always hope their mother doesn't find out.
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