RE: bge/bce support for another Dell card

> We've got a brand new Dell Precision 390 (Core 2 Duo) which has a 
> Broadcom NIC in it, Probably much like the one in the PowerEdge 1950, 
> but cheaper and less reliable (if you can imagine that).  
> It's doesn't 
> seem to be supported yet on the 6-STABLE branch, and so I'm 
> wondering if 
> we would have better luck with -CURRENT, or if the PCI ID's 
> just need to 
> be mapped out, etc.

The PowerEdge servers use the 5708 controller which is supported
by the bce driver.

> 
> Here's the pciconf output for that card:
> 
> none2_at_pci4:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x01de1028 
> chip=0x167a14e4 rev=0x02 
> hdr=0x00
>      vendor   = 'Broadcom Corporation'
>      class    = network
>      subclass = ethernet
> 
> 
> I see a line in the bge driver (sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h), like:
> 
> #define BCOM_DEVICEID_BCM5754           0x167A
> 
> But I believe it's a BCM5787, and when the bge driver loads, 
> the system 
> panics because of (excude my vagueness here - I'll get the details 
> tomorrow) some kind of NMI memory checksum failure, but the device is 
> fine, tests ok, and runs perfectly under other OS'es.
> 
> Is that device supposed to be supported yet on -STABLE or -CURRENT?

The 5787 has a device ID of 0x169b.  The 0x167a is used on the 5754.

Dave