From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 5 22:00:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7775116A415 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yeyang@ISI.EDU) Received: from boreas.isi.edu (boreas.isi.edu [128.9.160.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BF8F43D66 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 21:59:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yeyang@ISI.EDU) Received: from [128.9.168.120] (abins.isi.edu [128.9.168.120]) by boreas.isi.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k95LwjEk000113 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:58:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <45258014.5040506@isi.edu> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:58:44 -0700 From: Yi-Hua Edward Yang User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Jakubik References: <45243A87.8040301@isi.edu> <4524577E.3070700@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <4524577E.3070700@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ISI-4-43-8-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: yeyang@isi.edu Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM5754 supported in 6.2 release? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:00:01 -0000 Mike Jakubik wrote: > Yi-Hua Edward Yang wrote: >> I asked the question below a while back but got no answer. >> Does that mean BCM5754 integrated GbE will not be supported >> by 6.2 release at all? The HARDWARE.TXT file does not list >> it, but the source code seems to have the BCM5754 support, >> or at least so the CVS comments say. >> >> Does anyone know when if_bge will support BCM5754 GbE? We >> really hope to run FreeBSD on our Dell Precision desktops. > > If the source code mentions support, then it most likely will be > supported but has not made it to the docs yet. To be sure, download > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.2/6.2-BETA2-i386-bootonly.iso > , boot it up and see for yourself. Hi, thanks for your reply and suggestion. I downloaded FreeBSD 6.2 Beta2 and tried to boot it on Dell Precision 390. It failed with the same sympton as before (upgrade 6.1 release by cvsup and buildkernel/buildworld). The BCM5754 device is recognized (wrongly) as BCM5787, folloed by a kernel trap 19. This problem effectively makes FreeBSD 6.2 Beta2 unusable on any new Dell Precision machines. Please help, anyone? Thanks in advance! Edward