SUN X2100 support (nVidia network card)

Mike Jakubik mikej at rogers.com
Wed Feb 1 13:01:02 PST 2006


dima wrote:
>> Does anyone know if the nVidia network card found on the SUN X2100 
>> server is supported by FreeBSD? I can't quite tell by looking at the driver.
>>
>> http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100/
>>
>> 0000:00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
>>        Subsystem: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.: Unknown device 5348
>>        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
>>        Memory at fe02a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>>        I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]
>>        Capabilities: <available only to root>
>>
>>
>> I know the rest works on OpenBSD and NetBSD.
>>     
>
> Try bge. The card must be Broadcom 5721. At least Linux works with it via the Broadcom driver.
>
>   
I'm well aware of the broadcom card, thats *not* what i asked. I need to 
know if the nVidia card will work.



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