Problems With BroadCom NetXtreme Ethernet and Atheros AR5B91

[weinter.lim]

On Thursday 13 November 2008 01:18:03 am weinter.lim wrote:
> 
> I am using FreeBSD 7.1 BETA 2 on my New Acer Aspire 4530
> During Boot Dmesg did not detect my Ethernet BroadCom NetXtreme
> pciconf -lv
> 
> none5 at pci0:8:0:0 Class=0X020000 card=0X014a1025 chip=0X168414e4 rev=0X10
> hdr=0X00
> vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation'
> class = network
> subclass = ethernet

The Linux tg3 driver claims this is a BCM5764.  Can you try this patch and 
include any messages (especially any phy messages) from a verbose boot?  
Alternatively, you could boot w/o bge in the kernel, turn on bootverbose 
(debug.bootverbose sysctl) and kldload a patched bge.ko and capture the
dmesg 
output.

Index: if_bge.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c,v
retrieving revision 1.215
diff -u -r1.215 if_bge.c
--- if_bge.c	27 Oct 2008 22:10:01 -0000	1.215
+++ if_bge.c	13 Nov 2008 19:33:15 -0000
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 	{ BCOM_VENDORID,	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5754M },
 	{ BCOM_VENDORID,	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755 },
 	{ BCOM_VENDORID,	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M },
+	{ BCOM_VENDORID,	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5764 },
 	{ BCOM_VENDORID,	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 },
 	{ BCOM_VENDORID,	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780S },
 	{ BCOM_VENDORID,	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5781 },
Index: if_bgereg.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h,v
retrieving revision 1.81
diff -u -r1.81 if_bgereg.h
--- if_bgereg.h	14 Oct 2008 20:28:42 -0000	1.81
+++ if_bgereg.h	13 Nov 2008 19:33:02 -0000
@@ -2094,6 +2094,7 @@
 #define	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5754M		0x1672
 #define	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755		0x167B
 #define	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M		0x1673
+#define	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5764		0x1684
 #define	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780		0x166A
 #define	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780S		0x166B
 #define	BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5781		0x16DD

Hi,
I patched the files as advise the Ethernet was detected but upon configuring
the network no data was transmitted (the activity light did not lit up) and
the system hung
Thanks

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