Latitude D800

[David Gilbert]

>>>>> "Jamie" == Jamie Bowden <ragnar at sysabend.org> writes:

Jamie> I just got upgraded to a Latitude D800, and have installed
Jamie> FreeBSD 5.1-R on it.  The onboard NIC is a Broadcom 570x based
Jamie> adapter but it is currently unrecognized by the bge driver.

Jamie> I was planning on just adding the PCI ID to the driver and
Jamie> recompiling the kernel, but before I did this, I just wanted to
Jamie> know if anyone else has done this and if they were successful.

Jamie> If no one else has done this yet, and I do this and it works,
Jamie> where's the best place to submit the PCI ID so it gets included
Jamie> into the driver for future generations?

2 things:

1) upgrade to current (bge supports your card ... and it's not 100%
trivial)

2) join dell-d800 at eicat.ca ... we've been working on the problems.

Dave.

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