Re: Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S)

Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 08:06:28PM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
> Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> >On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:17:00PM +0200, Conrad Burger wrote:
> > > 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.
> > > > >
> >It seems that there is typo in bce(4) driver.
> >Try attached patch.
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Index: if_bce.c
> >===================================================================
> >RCS file: /pool/ncvs/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v
> >retrieving revision 1.17
> >diff -u -r1.17 if_bce.c
> >--- if_bce.c 21 Oct 2006 07:54:39 -0000 1.17
> >+++ if_bce.c 31 Oct 2006 00:37:47 -0000
> >@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
> > "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" },
> > > > /* BCM5708S controllers and OEM boards. */
> >- { BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
> >- "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" },
> >+ { BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708S, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
> >+ "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708S 1000Base-T" },
> > { 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL }
> > };
> > > >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Why remove a valid entry?
>

I didn't remove it. You can see duplicated BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708s in
bce_devs.

> Scott


Oops, you're right. I've been accidentally ignoring this anyways, I'll take care of it. Thanks!

Scott

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