Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:09:32 -0500 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Richard Kuhns <rjk@wintek.com> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bge on the new Mac Mini Message-ID: <20121116170932.GD24320@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <50A66965.20109@wintek.com> References: <50A65BFC.7030406@wintek.com> <50A65EB5.7040004@mu.org> <50A66198.6060108@wintek.com> <20121116162045.GC24320@in-addr.com> <50A66965.20109@wintek.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:27:17AM -0500, Richard Kuhns wrote: > On 11/16/12 11:20, Gary Palmer wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:54:00AM -0500, Richard Kuhns wrote: > >> On 11/16/12 10:41, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >>> Often that is all that is needed. It's worth a shot and reporting back. > >>> > >>> Do you know how to update the table in the driver, rebuild/install > >>> kernel and check? > >>> > >>> -Alfred > >>> > >> > >> I'm afraid not. I grepped for the hex value reported on the one that works > >> (chip=0x16b414e4), but I couldn't find it in its entirety, 16b4, or 14e4. So I > >> don't know what to add :-( > >> > >> I don't have any problem with rebuilding and installing a new kernel, though. > > > > 14e4 is the ID for Broadcom > > 16b4 is the ID for BCM57765, a NetXtreme Desktop/Mobile chip > > > > http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/determine_driver.php has a list > > of the BCM PCI ID values > > > > There is a (frequently incomplete) database of user reported PCI values at > > http://www.pcidatabase.com. It has the BCM ID (14e4), but not your chip > > > > Linux uses the tg3 driver for that chipset apparently, but I think thats > > a general dumping ground for a lot of Broadcom products. Not sure what the > > appropriate FreeBSD driver to add the ID code to would be. > > > > Regards, > > > > Gary > > > > Sorry, I should have been more clear. I grepped for those values in > /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/*, since that's the driver that's used on the older minis. > I assume that's where the table is that Alfred mentioned; I just don't know what > to add to it. > The probe table appears to be bge_devs in if_bge.c. The values there are #define'd in if_bgereg.h, but for a quick hack you just need to add the value to the table Gary
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20121116170932.GD24320>