From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 25 13:22:50 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12ACA16A402; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:22:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.tunkrans@bredband.net) Received: from mxfep01.bredband.com (mxfep01.bredband.com [195.54.107.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F181213C4CE; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:22:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars.tunkrans@bredband.net) Received: from ironport2.bredband.com ([195.54.107.84] [195.54.107.84]) by mxfep03.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20070225122725.UOHB2708.mxfep03.bredband.com@ironport2.bredband.com>; Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:27:25 +0100 Received: from c-24a770d5.035-199-73746f23.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO [192.168.1.75]) ([213.112.167.36]) by ironport2.bredband.com with ESMTP; 25 Feb 2007 13:27:25 +0100 Message-ID: <45E183C7.7040904@bredband.net> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:40:39 +0100 From: Lars Tunkrans User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Blake Meike References: <00EE2F1E-CE3C-4124-936C-9F8D5B543468@speakeasy.net> In-Reply-To: <00EE2F1E-CE3C-4124-936C-9F8D5B543468@speakeasy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ethernet on a Sun Ultra 20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:22:50 -0000 Yes, Im not surprised really, New PCI DEVICE ID's is used all the time. The "Sun Ultra 20 M2" is just a few months old. Its a new motherboard compared to the "Sun Ultra20" which has been around for a year and is already obsolete. Maybe the real question is: When any new Motherboard is evaluated for compatability, do we have a list of which PCI Device ID's the current FreeBSD devicedrivers support ? I am a bit rusty on FreeBSD presently , having worked mostly with OpenSolaris for the last year. On Solaris10/OpenSolaris a file called /etc/driver_aliases is created which contains all the known PCI-DEVICE ID's known by the software ( devicedrivers ). Then when you perform a pciscan you can evaluate whether the hardware you actually have has PCIDevice codes unkown to the device-drivers. FreeBSD has a very good list of supported Hardware that details which chipsets are supported. Maybe this list now needs to be enhanced with the PCI device codes, as a device with the same generic name apperantly now can have several PCI Device codes. Regards //Lars Blake Meike wrote: > I've had some trouble getting the ethernet ports on my shiny new Sun > Ultra 20 to show up under FreeBSD 6.2. Although this seems like an > obvious configuration, it required some digging around, and the > kindness of strangers to get it to work. > > There is now a thread at > > http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47766 > > that shows how to get it to work. Please pardon the cross posting. > > Blake Meike > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >