Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:08:39 +0530 From: Sachin Sharma <sharma.s@net4.in> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC (Network Card) is not detected by FreeBSD 6.2 into PowerEdge Blade 1955 Server Message-ID: <464C5ADF.6020309@net4.in> In-Reply-To: <464B1D6A.1040809@samsco.org> References: <464B114C.5080703@net4.in> <464B1D6A.1040809@samsco.org>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060003060104060206060901 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, FreeBSD 6.2 Kernel don't support Broadcom NIC BCM 5708S model. One need to patch kernel Source to make it live. Below i written steps i took. 1, Download patch http://people.freebsd.org/~dwhite/patches/bce-serdes-20070111.tar.gz 2, cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf 3, cp GENRIC MYKERNEL 4, mkdir /root/kernels 5, cp GENRIC /root/kernels/MYKERNEL 6. ln -s /root/kernels/MYKERNEL 7, cd /usr/src 8, make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL 9 make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL Now Reboot !! Sachin Sharma Sr. Engineer Systems (Linux) Net4India Ltd. D-25 Sector 3 Noida-201301 INDIA Tel: 0120-5323500 Fax: 0120-5323520 URL: http://www.net4.in ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott Long wrote: > Sachin Sharma wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> NIC (Network Card) is not detected by FreeBSD 6.2 into PowerEdge >> Blade 1955 Server. I need FreeBSD in these server . Please help me. >> >> Thanks > > > Support for this card has been added since 6.2 was released. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --------------060003060104060206060901--
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