Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 13:33:23 +0200 From: bsd@perimeter.co.za To: james_mapson@museum.rain.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PHY drivers for Proliant ML370 Message-ID: <courier.3E897903.00002577@perimeter.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20030331161324.A8508@ns.museum.rain.com> References: <000a01c2f7c0$6a35fde0$0eddfea9@perimeter.co.za> <20030331161324.A8508@ns.museum.rain.com>
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James Long writes: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:02:04PM +0200, Patrick O'Reilly wrote: >> >> The 4.6 CD installs OK, but it does not recognise the on-board PHYs.... > > Drop an Intel (fxp) NIC in there temporarily, install, cvsup sources, > and update the OS to 4-STABLE. I bet then it'll recognize the Broadcom, > you can change /etc/rc.conf to initialize bge0 or whatever instead of > fxp0, and then remove your Intel NIC. > James, I'd love to - I just don't have any 64-bit PCI NIC cards lying about :( The MoBo in this box has 5 or 6 PCI slots, but they are ALL 64-bit. I also noticed another poster raised the same problem a few days ago using 4.7. Do you know of a specific patch to the bge driver which is in -STABLE, or was this suggestion really just a best guess suggestion? BTW: my question sounds cheeky - but I mean it sincerely. Thanks, Patrick.
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