Could I have a look at your whole dmesg? Also tell us something about your other hardware. Did you try popping out the NIC and fixing it in another slot?
Regards S. On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 19:06:30 -0700 (PDT), Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I originally posted to -hardware, but no response yet... > > The Broadcom 440x NIC in my new Dell Inspiron 700m is not being recognized > during boot. > > FreeBSD 5.2.1 downloaded several days ago. > > Install was pretty straightforward, though the post-installation only lets > me configure ppp and slip, and the "help" message at the bottom seems to > indicate that I was supposed to have already configured my network > connection during the installation process... Which I don't recall > doing... > > No patches/ports done as there is no ethernet... > > I am reasonably certain the BFE driver "should" work for this NIC. > "man bfe" certainly makes it sound like it ought to... > > The BIOS has a way to turn the NIC "OFF" and I have it "ON" > > The BIOS also allows the WiFi to be "OFF" or "ALT-F2" to turn it on/off > from Windows... It is set to "ALT-F2" (on until turned off) > > I've been searching and reading docs for days now, so could not possibly > list everything I've read/tried, but I am at the end of my rope here... > > I will paste below excerpts from: > > dmesg -v > /var/log/messages (*) > pciconf -v (prolly no more than dmesg -v, but...) > > *showing my attempt to kldunload/kldload /boot/kernel/if_bfe.ko > > COMPLETE output, in case I'm trimming too much, is available at the BOTTOM > of this web page: > http://phpbootcamp.com/articles/inspiron700m.htm > where I am documenting my experience in installing FreeBSD on this laptop > for others who may (or may not) find it useful. > > Note that page is very much a work in progress at this time -- there are > quite a few links to be added and place-holders to be fixed. > > Needless to say, anybody who tells me how to fix this NIC will be credited > there pretty much until I die, if not longer. :-^ > > dmesg excerpts I think are relevant: > pci2: <network> at device 1.0 (no driver attached) > cbb0: <PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 4.0 on pci2 > pcib1: device cbb0 requested unsupported memory range > 0x88000000-0xffffffff (decoding 0x0-0x0, 0x0-0x0) > cbb0: Could not grab register memory > device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12 > cbb0: <PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 4.1 on pci2 > pcib1: device cbb0 requested unsupported memory range > 0x88000000-0xffffffff (decoding 0x0-0x0, 0x0-0x0) > cbb0: Could not grab register memory > device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12 > fwohci0: vendor=104c, dev=802e > fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> mem > 0xe0200000-0xe0203fff,0xe0209000-0xe02097ff irq 10 at device 4.2 on pci2 > fwohci0: latency timer 32 -> 32. > fwohci0: cache size 8 -> 8. > pcib1: device fwohci0 requested unsupported memory range > 0xe0209000-0xe02097ff (decoding 0x0-0x0, 0x0-0x0) > fwohci0: Could not map memory > device_probe_and_attach: fwohci0 attach returned 6 > pci2: <mass storage> at device 4.3 (no driver attached) > pci2: <network, ethernet> at device 5.0 (no driver attached) > > Output from when I unload/load the BFE driver: > > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: cbb0: <PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 4.0 on pci2 > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: cbb0: Could not grab register memory > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12 > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: cbb0: <PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 4.1 on pci2 > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: cbb0: Could not grab register memory > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12 > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: fwohci0: vendor=104c, dev=802e > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> > mem 0xe0200000-0xe0203fff,0xe0209000-0xe02097ff irq 10 at device 4.2 on > pci2 > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: fwohci0: Could not map memory > Sep 6 19:51:14 kernel: device_probe_and_attach: fwohci0 attach returned 6 > > Excerpt from pciconf: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:0: class=0x028000 card=0x00031028 chip=0x432414e4 rev=0x03 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > class = network > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:4:0: class=0x060700 card=0x018d1028 chip=0xac8e104c rev=0x00 > hdr=0x02 > vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-CardBus > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:4:1: class=0x060700 card=0x018d1028 chip=0xac8e104c rev=0x00 > hdr=0x02 > vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)' > class = bridge > subclass = PCI-CardBus > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:4:2: class=0x0c0010 card=0x018d1028 chip=0x802e104c rev=0x00 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)' > class = serial bus > subclass = FireWire > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:4:3: class=0x018000 card=0x018d1028 chip=0xac8f104c rev=0x00 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)' > class = mass storage > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:5:0: class=0x020000 card=0x018d1028 chip=0x170c14e4 rev=0x02 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Broadcom Corporation' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > Any help is appreciated! > > FreeBSD ROCKS! > > -- > Like Music? > http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
