is there any chance to get HP blade servers supported again?

[Marc Balmer]

> is there any chance to get HP blade servers (BL460, BL465) supported  
> again?
>
> They used to be supported until G5, but the most recent generation
> doesn't work with FrreeBSD (no support for the network controllers).
>
> Does anbody have more information on this?
>
> (I asked on .hardware a few weeks ago, but got no information).

We just installed FreeBSD 8.0BETA3 (i386) on two HP BL460C, quad Xeon,  
with HP smart Array200i and QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA and networking  
works.  At least that's what my colleague, who is onsite, just told me  
on the phone.

- Marc Balmer