Broadcom NIC Problem - Installing 7.1

[Paul Stewart]

Thank you - I installed the latest release 7.1 .. should I reinstall with
7.2-RC2?

If I install 7.2-RC2, will it be upgradable to the full release when it's
complete?  I've ran into "beta" releases of various software overtime where
it is sometimes not upgradable...;)

Take care,

Paul


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From: Xin LI [mailto:delphij at delphij.net] 
Sent: April 24, 2009 5:09 PM
To: Paul Stewart
Cc: freebsd-current at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Broadcom NIC Problem - Installing 7.1

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Hi, Paul,

Paul Stewart wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> I'm just getting back into the FreeBSD world after a long vacation ;)
> 
> Just installed a shiny new Dell PowerEdge R710 server that comes with Four
> embedded BroadcomR NetXtreme IIT 5709c Gigabit Ethernet NIC cards.  The
> installation does not recognize the NIC cards so I installed anyways.
> Server boots up as normal and everything else looks good.
> 
> Is there support for these NIC cards?  Do I need to do a custom kernel or
> load modules?

Which release are you using?  A moderately new -CURRENT snapshot (as you
posted on -current@), or 7.2-RC2 should have supported the hardware you
have mentioned.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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