Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:59:24 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Howto: ethernet card on dell M6300 Message-ID: <200910071059.n97AxOex012423@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <106754.29417.qm@web52912.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was saddened to find that my ethernet card did not work on > my FreeBSD 7.2 machine. The bge driver in the kernel did not > support the broadcom 5756ME. Here is how I got it to work: > > 1. Set my machine up to compile the kernel (see section 8.5 > of manual) > > 2. Edit /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h. Add a definition > for BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME with the value 0x1674 after > BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M: > > #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M 0x1673 > #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME 0x1674 > #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 0x166A > > 3. Edit /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c. Add a reference to > BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME after BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M: > > { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M }, > { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME }, > { BCOM_VENDORID, BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 }, > > 4. Compile and install the kernel, and reboot > > 5. Configure the card using sysinstall Would you please send a problem report containing your patches? You can simply use the send-pr(1) tool, or use the online web form. That way your patches won't get lost. I think that the developers of the NIC drivers aren't always reading the questions@ mailing list. Thank you very much! Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality." -- The Dalai Lama
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