From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 16 19:20:06 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96C1316A407 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrad.burger@mxit.com) Received: from smtp.swistgroup.com (smtp.swisttech.com [196.211.145.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 484E013C468 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrad.burger@mxit.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.swistgroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2EFDAE520 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:50:35 +0200 (SAST) Received: from smtp.swistgroup.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (fw-swist [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00778-02 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:50:35 +0200 (SAST) Received: from timon.swistgroup.com (unknown [172.16.1.30]) by smtp.swistgroup.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3282B9F209 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:50:35 +0200 (SAST) Received: from mailnull by timon.swistgroup.com with local (Exim 4.52 (FreeBSD)) id 1H6tPM-000Dfa-79 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:51:44 +0200 Received: from hermes.swistgroup.com ([172.16.1.6]) by timon.swistgroup.com with esmtp (Exim 4.52 (FreeBSD)) id 1H6tPM-000Df6-2F; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:51:44 +0200 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:53:17 +0200 Message-ID: <45FBF1D2998C93429047415BE8091CC81F3995@HERMES.swistgroup.com> In-Reply-To: <20070116065623.GD22686@freenix.no> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) Thread-Index: Acc5PK+5ZwngBAC/Sb68FJWUaGo1wgAYpSLQ From: "Conrad Burger" To: "Morten A. Middelthon" , "David Christensen" X-disclaimer: Legalsentry X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at example.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Roar Pettersen Subject: RE: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:20:06 -0000 ******************************************************************* Click here to view our e-mail legal notice: http://www.mxit.co.za/pdfs/mxit_legal.pdf or call: +27 21 888 5000 ******************************************************************* If you have an alpha or beta version of the bce driver that supports = serdes, please let me know and I'll start testing right away! Regards=20 Conrad=20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org = [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Morten A. Middelthon Sent: 16 January 2007 08:56 AM To: David Christensen Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Roar Pettersen Subject: Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 09:16:16AM -0800, David Christensen wrote: > > Hello Dave ! > >=20 > > >Wed Nov 1 18:54:19 UTC 2006 > > > > > >Yes, the Linux bnx2 driver does support SerDes. I don't have the > > >bandwidth to tackle this feature until after the first of the year, > > >though a few other people have also considered looking into adding > > >the support. > >=20 > >=20 > > Any news or status report regarding support for this new=20 > > network interface=20 > > in FreeBSD ? >=20 > I've copied Doug White who is working to add SerDes support to bce. I'm _really_ looking forward to getting SerDes support in the bce-driver = :) --=20 Morten A. Middelthon Remember: Silly is a state of Mind, Stupid is a way of Life. -- Dave Butler