Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:50:18 +0100 From: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen@gmail.com> To: "Morten A. Middelthon" <morten@freenix.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Conrad Burger <conrad.burger@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S) Message-ID: <b41c75520612150550u1383bb8fh13b4c9df7998a22e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061215125509.GK2761@freenix.no> References: <d0c4d1610610300617t6a84a1f5q74d8f3159274c759@mail.gmail.com> <20061215125509.GK2761@freenix.no>
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> > I am trying to get FreeBSD to work on a Dell 1955 blade. Looks like > > the NICs on the blade are not supported by the BCE or BGE driver. > > > > On Linux the NICs are identified as "06:00.0 Ethernet controller: > > Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708S Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11)" > > > > >From "if_bce.c" > > ------------------------- > > * The following controllers are not supported by this driver: > > * (These are not "Production" versions of the controller.) > > * BCM5706C A0, A1 > > * BCM5706S A0, A1, A2, A3 > > * BCM5708C A0, B0 > > * --> BCM5708S <-- A0, B0, B1 > > > > Is there any reason why the chipset is not supported? Is there anyway > > of getting the BCE or BGE driver to work with this chipset? Will it be > > supported sometime in the near future? > > > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Any development here? We have just started purchasing 1955 Blades and would > very much like to install FreeBSD on them :) There is not much response regardring this issue other than "me too". The need for an updated driver is there and if we want some progress I believe some financing seems to be the only alternative. Maby Scott (Long) has some thought on this (if he's not to busy getting 6.2 ready). Claus
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