Re: Broadcom NIC Problem - Installing 7.1

From: Xin LI <delphij_at_delphij.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:09:27 -0700
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Hi, Paul,

Paul Stewart wrote:
> Hi there.
> 
> I'm just getting back into the FreeBSD world after a long vacation ;)
> 
> Just installed a shiny new Dell PowerEdge R710 server that comes with Four
> embedded BroadcomR NetXtreme IIT 5709c Gigabit Ethernet NIC cards.  The
> installation does not recognize the NIC cards so I installed anyways.
> Server boots up as normal and everything else looks good.
> 
> Is there support for these NIC cards?  Do I need to do a custom kernel or
> load modules?

Which release are you using?  A moderately new -CURRENT snapshot (as you
posted on -current_at_), or 7.2-RC2 should have supported the hardware you
have mentioned.

Cheers,
- --
Xin LI <delphij_at_delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve!
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Received on Fri Apr 24 2009 - 19:09:39 UTC

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