HP Proliant ML110 internal NIC troubles

[Ketrien I. Saihr-Kesenchedra]

jmc wrote:

>On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:23:57 +0500, Andrey A. Jelnin <bsod at gs7.ru> wrote:
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>>I try FreeBSD 5.2.1 on HP Proliant ML110 but it hasn't detect internal 100\1000 ethernet card.
>>Broadcom 5705 PCI Gigabit NIC (embedded) 10/100/1000
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>Try 5.3-BETA6.  I don't think bge in 5.2.1 had support for the 5705.
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The 5705 is supported by 5.2.1 - tested and verified on a Tyan S4882. 
But yes, you should try 5.3-BETA6, as one of the changes to bge(4) may 
fix things. bge is also part of GENERIC, so you shouldn't need to build 
a custom kernel.
It's also possible that HPaq gave the 5705 a different VenID or DevID, 
which would prevent the driver from detecting. They've been known to do 
it in the past.

-ksaihr