> 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 :)
There is not much response regardring this issue other than "me too".
The need for an updated driver is there and if we want some progress I
believe some financing seems to be the only alternative. Maby Scott
(Long) has some thought on this (if he's not to busy getting 6.2
ready).
Claus
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