Chris Stankevitz chrisstankev...@yahoo.com wrote:
I was saddened to find that my ethernet card did not work on
my FreeBSD 7.2 machine. The bge driver in the kernel did not
support the broadcom 5756ME. Here is how I got it to work:
1. Set my machine up to compile the kernel (see section 8.5
of manual)
2. Edit /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h. Add a definition
for BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME with the value 0x1674 after
BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M:
#define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M 0x1673
#define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME 0x1674
#define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 0x166A
3. Edit /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c. Add a reference to
BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME after BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M:
{ BCOM_VENDORID,BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5755M },
{ BCOM_VENDORID,BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5756ME },
{ BCOM_VENDORID,BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5780 },
4. Compile and install the kernel, and reboot
5. Configure the card using sysinstall
Would you please send a problem report containing
your patches? You can simply use the send-pr(1) tool,
or use the online web form.
That way your patches won't get lost. I think that the
developers of the NIC drivers aren't always reading the
questions@ mailing list.
Thank you very much!
Best regards
Oliver
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