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.
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