Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:35:16 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support for HP NC7761 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter? Message-ID: <20041104203516.GG21348@seven.alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <20041104202601.GA43821@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20041104201806.GA266@numachi.com> <20041104202601.GA43821@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:26:01PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 03:18:06PM -0500, Brian Reichert wrote.. > > Taking a *long* shot: on most recent Proliants I had my hands on > there are Broadcom chips on the MLB. > > Wilko > > > I think this'll be a 'no', but here goes: > > > > A client is speccing a server, and has settled on a 'HP ProLiant > > ML350 Generation 4 (G4)': > > > > <http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12009_na/12009_na.html>; > > > > It seem that FreeBSD will play well with this box, but I'm worried > > about the NC7761 NIC : > > > > <http://developer.novell.com/yes/71329.htm>; > > > > Will the bge driver work, if I patch whatever I need to detect the PCI ID? I have some DL360 g4 and DL380 g4, they should share the same Gigaethernet chip. FreeBSD 5.2.1-REL and up regonizes the chip fine on those two types of systems. Waving from sunny mexico. -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://seven.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html
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