Problem with Broadcomm NIC - not recognized

[Kevin Kinsey]

Paul Schmehl wrote:
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> 
>> Paul Schmehl <pauls at utdallas.edu> writes:
>>
>>> It's a dual boot machine.  Windows XP recognizes the NIC just fine,
>>> but *not* with the default drivers that come with XP SP2.  I had to
>>> install the drivers from Dell.
>>>
>>> Maybe there's something different about this NIC?
>>
>>
>> Dell often does unexpectedly proprietary things like that, so it's
>> possible. 
>> I think you may need the bce(4) driver rther than bge(4), but that is
>> in the GENERIC kernel these days also.
> 
> 
> Hmm...bce *isn't* in the GENERIC kernel for i386 6.0 RELEASE.  Is this a 
> new driver?
> 

Yes.  From bce(4):

HISTORY
      The bce device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.1.

KDK

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