two problems with broadcom NICs

[Wojciech A. Koszek]

On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 06:53:17PM +0100, Alessandro de Manzano wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 02:37:50PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> 
> > Shouldn't you be using the bce driver?  This is an i386 machine, but amd64 
> > should work the same (you're using the same chipset):
> 
> well, actually I have that driver in my kernel but it does not get
> attached (tried both i386 and x64 kernel)
> 
> Looking for that card id it seems indeed a bge-supported card in
> -CURRENT (browswed the cvs commit archive for poweredge SC440), problem
> is if/when it will be supported in RELENG_6...
> 
> Many thanks for your answer!

You might want to generate a patch for RELENG_6 for yourself, if it's a
matter of quirk with proper ID. This should only apply if probe method
doesn't return true in your case, and none other changes were made to
support your specific device.

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Wojciech A. Koszek
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