Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S)

[David Christensen]

> >  > >> Oops, you're right.  I've been accidentally ignoring 
> this anyways, I'll
> >  > >> take care of it.  Thanks!
> >  > >>
> >  > >> Scott
> >  > >>
> >  > >
> >  > >Thanks the kernel now recognizes the network interface.
> >  > >
> >  > >But it fails to "attach" the driver to the interface 
> and gives the
> >  > >following error.
> >  > >"bce0 if_bce.c(531) SerDes controllers are not supported!"
> >  > >
> >  > >What now .... is there anything else I can try?
> >  > >
> >  > >Regards
> >  > >Conrad
> >  > >
> >  > 
> >  > In if_bce.c  I found the following comment "/* DRC - 
> ToDo: Add SerDes
> >  > support. */".
> >  > 
> >  > Looks like the SerDes code for the BCE driver still 
> needs to be developed :(
> >  > 
> >  > If someone could finish the SerDes code for the driver, 
> I will spend
> >  > as much time as needed to test each code change that is 
> attempted to
> >  > get the SerDes stuff working :)
> >  > 
> >  > If needs be I will hook a console up to the system to make it
> >  > accessible over the internet.
> >  > 
> > 
> > Because I don't the hardware and datasheet for the chip I can't make
> > any further changes for you. Sorry. But you can ask the 
> driver author
> > for a plan for SERDES transceiver support. CCed to David 
> Christensen,
> > the author of the driver.
> > 
> 
> I might try to take a look at this.  I wonder if the Linux driver 
> already has support.
> 
> Scott
> 

Yes, the Linux bnx2 driver does support SerDes.  I don't have the
bandwidth to tackle this feature until after the first of the year,
though a few other people have also considered looking into adding
the support.

Dave