Re: bge network driver not loaded on a HP (Compaq) Proliant DL380G3
Nicolas Kowalski wrote: David Landgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am in the process of installing FreeBSD 4.7 on an HP Proliant DL380 G3. At the moment I am blocked by the fact that the kernel does not recognise the network card (or rather, does not load the bge driver). I faced the same problem with a ML370 G3. My ugly workaround was to plug in this machine another - well recognized - network card. I used an Intel EtherExpressPro10/100 (fxp) for this. Just for closure's sake on the list, here's what I did. As I was loading the 4.8-RC2 iso, playing around with this a bit more I seemed really close to success. In /boot/loader.conf I added miibus_load="YES" if_bge_load="YES" The drivers load correctly; I can see them when I run 'kldstat'. What I seem to be missing, though, is an explicit way of creating bge0 and bge1. I tried adding ifconfig_bge0="inet a.b.c.d netmask 255.255.255.0" in rc.conf, but it still failed to create the interface. After futzing around reading rc and rc.network, the download finished. I burnt the CD, booted it, and opening the emergency holographic shell on vty4, I saw that bge0 and bge1 existed. I'd rather not have to put an RC2 of anything into production, but I'll keep my fingers crossed. The other alternative was to install redhat 7.3 :o( David ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: bge network driver not loaded on a HP (Compaq) Proliant DL380G3
Nicolas Kowalski wrote: David Landgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am in the process of installing FreeBSD 4.7 on an HP Proliant DL380 G3. At the moment I am blocked by the fact that the kernel does not recognise the network card (or rather, does not load the bge driver). I faced the same problem with a ML370 G3. My ugly workaround was to plug in this machine another - well recognized - network card. I used an Intel EtherExpressPro10/100 (fxp) for this. I thought about that. We opened the box up and tried to install a 3com 905B (or whatever the standard 3com "works everywhere" card is) instead. The trouble is the PCI slots are weird, longer and sort of back to front. It says PCI 133, so I assume they changed the physical format when the bus speed was upgraded. In any event, the cards I have don't fit. On 4.8-RC the bge driver works well. Ok, I'll see about downloading an ISO and see how that goes. Regards. Yeah, thanks for a swift reply, even if it was bad news... David ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: bge network driver not loaded on a HP (Compaq) Proliant DL380G3
David Landgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am in the process of installing FreeBSD 4.7 on an HP Proliant DL380 > G3. At the moment I am blocked by the fact that the kernel does not > recognise the network card (or rather, does not load the bge driver). I faced the same problem with a ML370 G3. My ugly workaround was to plug in this machine another - well recognized - network card. I used an Intel EtherExpressPro10/100 (fxp) for this. On 4.8-RC the bge driver works well. Regards. -- Nicolas ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
