bce(4) with IPMI [puzzling and puzzling]

[David Christensen]

> > so, I cracked open my R410 this morning to see what the Ethernet
> chipset
> > had for a indentification mark.  It is definitely stamped as a
> BCM5716,
> > so I'm confused.
> >
> > bce(4) has code to handle the 5716 chipset, but its never being
> executed
> > AFAIK.  What's going on here?
> >
> 
> I guess BCE_CHIP_NUM() returns 0x5709 for 5709 and 5716
> controllers. I don't know why bce(4) explicitly checks 5716 from
> the BCE_MISC_ID register. Public data sheet indicates CHIP_NUM bits
> have 0x5909 for 5716(NetXtremeII-PG203-R pp229).
> To me 5716 is virtually the same as 5709 except for not supporting
> TOE and iSCSI offloading.
> 

That's a typo then, 5709 and 5716 share the same ASIC ID.

Dave