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Date:      Sat, 3 Mar 2007 20:26:30 +0000
From:      "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org>
To:        Alessandro de Manzano <ale@unixmania.net>
Cc:        Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: two problems with broadcom NICs
Message-ID:  <20070303202630.GA14147@FreeBSD.czest.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20070303175317.GA89496@libero.sunshine.ale>
References:  <20070302084747.GA80114@libero.sunshine.ale> <0596BF936C9E2F724954C223@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20070303175317.GA89496@libero.sunshine.ale>

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On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 06:53:17PM +0100, Alessandro de Manzano wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 02:37:50PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> 
> > Shouldn't you be using the bce driver?  This is an i386 machine, but amd64 
> > should work the same (you're using the same chipset):
> 
> well, actually I have that driver in my kernel but it does not get
> attached (tried both i386 and x64 kernel)
> 
> Looking for that card id it seems indeed a bge-supported card in
> -CURRENT (browswed the cvs commit archive for poweredge SC440), problem
> is if/when it will be supported in RELENG_6...
> 
> Many thanks for your answer!

You might want to generate a patch for RELENG_6 for yourself, if it's a
matter of quirk with proper ID. This should only apply if probe method
doesn't return true in your case, and none other changes were made to
support your specific device.

-- 
Wojciech A. Koszek
wkoszek@FreeBSD.org
http://FreeBSD.czest.pl/dunstan/



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