There is no difference for this driver. Ted
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Leonid > Satanovsky > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 2:11 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: The question about Broadcom BCM5721 ethernet adapter > integrated in motherboard, on PCIe and FreeBSD6.3 > > > (1) Thank you for answering! > (2) Do I correctly understand that from the OS's "point of view" there's > no difference between > Broadcom adapter being attached to PCI bus or to PCIe? Or am I wrong? > > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > Yes. All of the Broadcom chips are the same and are supported > > by the bge driver. However, Broadcom and it's various motherboard > > customers seem to like to use different PCI id strings for the > > chip, and so you may find when you install it, that it does not > > detect the chip. A typical example of the problem is here: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/119779 > > > > and the fix, shown in this PR, is easy to implement. Basically, > > boot FreeBSD, if the chip isn't detected, run pciconf and take > > the output and patch the driver detection and you should be > > fine. > > > > Ted > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Leonid > >> Satanovsky > >> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:13 AM > >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> Subject: The question about Broadcom BCM5721 ethernet adapter > integrated > >> in motherboard, on PCIe and FreeBSD6.3 > >> > >> > >> Hi all! > >> -------------------- > >> The question is: > >> -------------------- > >> will FreeBSD 6.3 support Broadcom BCM5721 ethernet adapter > integrated in > >> motherboard (it's on PCIe bus) ? > >> The motherboard is ASUSTeK P5M2-M (RTL) > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Leonid E. Satanovsky, > >> system administrator / __end__, > >> Ariel metal. > >> tel.: +7 495 786-42-90,981-41-45, add.: 341 > >> tel.: +7 495 786-43-03 > >> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://www.arielmetal.ru > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Best regards, > Leonid E. Satanovsky, > system administrator / __end__, > Ariel metal. > tel.: +7 495 786-42-90,981-41-45, add.: 341 > tel.: +7 495 786-43-03 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.arielmetal.ru > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"