Sun Fire X2200

[mjaburek at ebanka.cz]

Hi,
I had just the same problem. I have 2 X2200, only broadcom NIC detected and
alom deactivated.

To solve this you will need to recompile your kernel. I have done this:

a) patch nvidia driver:
     follow steps in:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2006-November/020926.html
b) disable broadcom driver for compiling:
     cp /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/MYKERNEL
     vi /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/MYKERNEL
          - here comment out lines for broadcom NIC:
               #device         bce             # Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708
Gigabit Ethernet
               #device         bfe             # Broadcom BCM440x 10/100
Ethernet
               #device         bge             # Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit
Ethernet
For NVIDIA
          - be sure you have nvidia active
               device          nve             # nVidia nForce MCP on-board
Ethernet Networking
c) compile and install kernel:
     cd /usr/src/sys; make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL;make installkernel
KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
d) reboot

That's all.. Don't forget to set ip address for new nvidia NIC in
/etc/rc.conf

Hope it helps

Martin
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>Hello,

>Is anybody runing FreeBSD on the X2200 or X2100 ?

>I have problems with the lights-out management (Sun calls it LOM)

>The machine has 2 broadcom NIC ports and 2 nvidia... One of the broadcoms
>is for LOM.

>FreeBSD detects both broadcoms and the LOM stops working.
>It doesn't detect the nvidia NICs.

>Has anyone been solving this?

>Is there a possibility to prevent FreeBSD to detect the second
>broadcom? device.hints doesn't help.

>Thank you