Re: PCIe NIC for FreeBSD 5.5

2007-04-24 Thread Mike Jakubik
Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I have been askedto install FreeBSD on a server, but I had no saying on the procurement of the server. It ends up to be an HP 380G5, with onboard Broadcom based NIC that is not supported and only PCIe extension slots. I am wondering what NIC I could buy that would be

Re: PCIe NIC for FreeBSD 5.5

2007-04-23 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 22 April 2007 22:38:03 Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, I have been askedto install FreeBSD on a server, but I had no saying on the procurement of the server. It ends up to be an HP 380G5, with onboard Broadcom based NIC that is not supported and only PCIe extension slots. I am

Re: PCIe NIC for FreeBSD 5.5

2007-04-23 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, any particular reason why youre note going with 6.2? i have 6.2 running on several DL G4's and G5's (couple ML's in there too), and they all have no trouble with the broadcom nics. also, both my laptop and desktop have the broadcoms as well, and again, they work very nicely... in

PCIe NIC for FreeBSD 5.5

2007-04-22 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I have been askedto install FreeBSD on a server, but I had no saying on the procurement of the server. It ends up to be an HP 380G5, with onboard Broadcom based NIC that is not supported and only PCIe extension slots. I am wondering what NIC I could buy that would be PCIe, x4 or x8, and