Dell 1955 Blade - Broadcom NIC not detected (BCM5708S)

[Conrad Burger]

On 31/10/06, Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> wrote:
> Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 08:06:28PM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
> >  > Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> >  > >On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:17:00PM +0200, Conrad Burger wrote:
> >  > > > I am trying to get FreeBSD to work on a Dell 1955 blade. Looks like
> >  > > > the NICs on the blade are not supported by the BCE or BGE driver.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > On Linux the NICs are identified as "06:00.0 Ethernet controller:
> >  > > > Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708S Gigabit Ethernet (rev 11)"
> >  > > >
> >  > > > >From "if_bce.c"
> >  > > > -------------------------
> >  > > > * The following controllers are not supported by this driver:
> >  > > > * (These are not "Production" versions of the controller.)
> >  > > > *   BCM5706C A0, A1
> >  > > > *   BCM5706S A0, A1, A2, A3
> >  > > > *   BCM5708C A0, B0
> >  > > > *  --> BCM5708S <-- A0, B0, B1
> >  > > >
> >  > > > Is there any reason why the chipset is not supported? Is there anyway
> >  > > > of getting the BCE or BGE driver to work with this chipset? Will it be
> >  > > > supported sometime in the near future?
> >  > > >
> >  > > > Any help would be much appreciated.
> >  > > >
> >  > >
> >  > >It seems that there is typo in bce(4) driver.
> >  > >Try attached patch.
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  > >
> >  > >Index: if_bce.c
> >  > >===================================================================
> >  > >RCS file: /pool/ncvs/src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c,v
> >  > >retrieving revision 1.17
> >  > >diff -u -r1.17 if_bce.c
> >  > >--- if_bce.c      21 Oct 2006 07:54:39 -0000      1.17
> >  > >+++ if_bce.c      31 Oct 2006 00:37:47 -0000
> >  > >@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
> >  > >          "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" },
> >  > >
> >  > >  /* BCM5708S controllers and OEM boards. */
> >  > >- { BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708,  PCI_ANY_ID,  PCI_ANY_ID,
> >  > >-         "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T" },
> >  > >+ { BRCM_VENDORID, BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708S,  PCI_ANY_ID,  PCI_ANY_ID,
> >  > >+         "Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708S 1000Base-T" },
> >  > >  { 0, 0, 0, 0, NULL }
> >  > > };
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  >
> >  > Why remove a valid entry?
> >  >
> >
> > I didn't remove it. You can see duplicated BRCM_DEVICEID_BCM5708s in
> > bce_devs.
> >
> >  > Scott
> >
>
> 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