On 10 November 2014 at 19:55, Sevan / Venture37 <ventur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Then I remembered that my previous attempt of successfully installing > OpenBSD on here involved a thunderbolt cinema display, the gigabit > ethernet port on the display was detected as bge(4) and functioned. > I no longer have access to a cinema display but do have a thunderbolt > gigabit ethernet adapter which I hadn't tried yet. > Worked a treat, I was able to boot the laptop from a USB flash drive & > perform a network install via the bge(4) interface. > > the thunderbolt adapter is only detected if it's attached prior to > booting the kernel, I guess this is because it crosses over several > areas and is not seen as a detachable device? > If you do disconnect it after booting, the system hard locks needing a > power cycle.
BCM57782 chipset in a thunderbolt gigabit ethernet adapter https://www.flickr.com/photos/osr/15473313617/ Sevan / Venture37
