Conrad Burger
2006-Oct-30 14:17 UTC
Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S)
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. Regards Conrad
Pyun YongHyeon
2006-Oct-31 00:37 UTC
Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S)
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.
--
Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon
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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 }
};
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? Scott
Morten A. Middelthon
2006-Dec-15 04:55 UTC
Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S)
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.Any development here? We have just started purchasing 1955 Blades and would very much like to install FreeBSD on them :) with regards, -- Morten A. Middelthon To err is human, to forgive is Not Company Policy. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20061215/a3ac3ff7/attachment.pgp