From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 24 09:57:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6DA01065683 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:57:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from strong.digital.defense@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C30378FC2F for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:57:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from strong.digital.defense@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so2852145wxd.7 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:57:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=uHz3lzfd6Xv2JPjVC8HecD/Eh1LqUnGgqlMO7HGlTeo=; b=Kynl7ymMq5/MDfSeghboVTMp5JDrDH8HDrx5cgcqzvUrMEtjTwZcXY0UQHCEC1VhKqPNDQwilxZL45kOcrLLWc3pZHbN4M2wxfBbkmjLk5DPdCpsXhYP5MZPDheNKF1Jex2Og7aPn77EIj3eONqVu1ZXZfjcPE6wa6P42DMBT1g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=hY0tSxZSuAdKSIwM4NaQBLuuO7I4DbwxHYQniUKXNBwk0v3Q8D+cMhL4tAY6I9hJXYx/3e6GIEwRwIO8ntst4X2NDjDbO8zuJvtSQytqQ8IGgN50D584QbAyN19aOKXT2n1c+7+ZlSNovJX9V+sHB92MXycgZuBEk99NzN7eJTI= Received: by 10.142.171.6 with SMTP id t6mr384802wfe.12.1209029504827; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:31:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.125.3 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:31:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <25946d440804240231j714f478n529efc615b450a49@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:31:42 +0200 From: ". ." To: "Gonzalo Nemmi" In-Reply-To: <200804211454.44822.gnemmi@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200804210444.16836.gnemmi@gmail.com> <828E7A9A643168E023D139C2@10.40.1.37> <200804211454.44822.gnemmi@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: pauls@utdallas.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question regarding Broadcom BCM5906M support under FreeBSD7 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: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:57:31 -0000 On 4/21/08, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: > > Probably the most accurate and downright _to_the_point_ answer that I've > ever > received. > > Thanks a _lot_ Mr Schmehl > Your kind answer has been really hepfull and highly appreciated =) > > Blessings > > --- > > Gonzalo Nemmi > > > On Monday 21 April 2008 13:32:52 Paul Schmehl wrote: > > Looking at the header file in HEAD, the highest number card supported is > > the 5787. It doesn't look like there's support for that card yet. > > > > < > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h?rev=1.73 > >.2.1;content-type=text%2Fplain> > > > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > > Senior Information Security Analyst > > The University of Texas at Dallas > > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ Actually bge(4) can support the BCM5906M chipset. There is an un-official patch for both 6.3 et 7.0 here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=118975 http://ture.saeab.se/bcm5906/ I have this card and thanks to this fix it works flawlessly under 7.0-RELEASE.