amd64/184304: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57786 Gigabit Ethernet NIC not working

Sastry Tumuluri sas3 at tumuluri.name
Tue Nov 26 08:20:01 UTC 2013


>Number:         184304
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57786 Gigabit Ethernet NIC not working
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 26 08:20:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Sastry Tumuluri
>Release:        10.0BETA3
>Organization:
Government of Haryana
>Environment:
FreeBSD 10.0-BETA3 #0 r257580: Sun Nov 3 19:43:01 UTC 2013 root at snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
Laptop: Acer Aspire E1-572-54204G50Mnkk

Ethernet NIC not recognized on boot.

pciconf shows:
none2 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x07751025 chip=0x16b314e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
  vendor   = 'Broadcom Corportation'
  device   = 'NetXtreme BCM57786 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe'
  class    = network
  subclass = ethernet

/var/run/dmesg.boot shows:
pci1: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)

kldstat -v | grep bge shows:
   98 bge/miibus
   97 pci/bge


>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Same problem on was reported and fixed Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1242610

I verified the listed patched kernel on my laptop. It works.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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