Broadcom Nics in Tyan Transport GT24 (B3992)

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

yes, but guess what - FBSD 6.2 is now released, so just install that and
the updated driver is already in the kernel

Ted

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm at prime.gushi.org>
To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com>
Cc: <questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: Broadcom Nics in Tyan Transport GT24 (B3992)


> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>
> Is the bge driver enabled by default?
>
> -Dan
>
> > I don't know what broadcom chip your MB has but the majority of those
cards
> > are supported here:
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/bge/
> >
> > You should be able to just copy over the 2 files to your
src/sys/dev/bge/
> > directory and
> > recompile your 6.1-release kernel with no problems.  I did.
> >
> > Look carefully at the chip on your MB and post the BCM model number on
it
> > if this doesen't work.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm at prime.gushi.org>
> > To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com>
> > Cc: <questions at freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: Broadcom Nics in Tyan Transport GT24 (B3992)
> >
> >
> >> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >>
> >>> Use the latest Broadcom driver from FreeBSD CVS.  The one included in
> > 6.1
> >>> release is buggy.
> >>
> >> Which driver is that?  My 6.1 install won't see them at all:
> >>
> >> pci4: <PCI bus> on pcib4
> >> pci4: <network, ethernet> at device 4.0 (no driver attached)
> >> pci4: <network, ethernet> at device 4.1 (no driver attached)
> >>
> >> Also, I'm running 6.1-RELEASE, will the cvs drivers from CURRENT work?
> >>
> >> -Dan
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Ted
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm at prime.gushi.org>
> >>> To: <questions at freebsd.org>
> >>> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 5:02 PM
> >>> Subject: Broadcom Nics in Tyan Transport GT24 (B3992)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hey all, I have a Transport GT24 (B3992 Motherboard), and while it
has
> > one
> >>>> intel nic which works well, I'd like to be able to use the onboard
> >>>> broadcom network cards.  Is there a known way of making them work?  I
> > seem
> >>>> to recall some dealy where you could use a windows driver?
> >>>>
> >>>> -Dan
> >>>>
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