Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:31:42 +0200 From: ". ." <strong.digital.defense@gmail.com> To: "Gonzalo Nemmi" <gnemmi@gmail.com> Cc: pauls@utdallas.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question regarding Broadcom BCM5906M support under FreeBSD7 Message-ID: <25946d440804240231j714f478n529efc615b450a49@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200804211454.44822.gnemmi@gmail.com> References: <200804210444.16836.gnemmi@gmail.com> <828E7A9A643168E023D139C2@10.40.1.37> <200804211454.44822.gnemmi@gmail.com>
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On 4/21/08, Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> wrote: > > Probably the most accurate and downright _to_the_point_ answer that I've > ever > received. > > Thanks a _lot_ Mr Schmehl > Your kind answer has been really hepfull and highly appreciated =) > > Blessings > > --- > > Gonzalo Nemmi > > > On Monday 21 April 2008 13:32:52 Paul Schmehl wrote: > > Looking at the header file in HEAD, the highest number card supported is > > the 5787. It doesn't look like there's support for that card yet. > > > > < > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h?rev=1.73 > >.2.1;content-type=text%2Fplain> > > > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > > Senior Information Security Analyst > > The University of Texas at Dallas > > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ Actually bge(4) can support the BCM5906M chipset. There is an un-official patch for both 6.3 et 7.0 here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=118975 http://ture.saeab.se/bcm5906/ I have this card and thanks to this fix it works flawlessly under 7.0-RELEASE.
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