threads/138694: FreeBSD 6.3 release does not recognize Broadcom
BCM5722 card on IBM X3550 M2
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Thu Sep 10 12:48:31 UTC 2009
On Thursday 10 September 2009 2:23:24 am toidin wrote:
>
> >Number: 138694
> >Category: threads
> >Synopsis: FreeBSD 6.3 release does not recognize Broadcom BCM5722
card on IBM X3550 M2
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: serious
> >Priority: high
> >Responsible: freebsd-threads
> >State: open
> >Quarter:
> >Keywords:
> >Date-Required:
> >Class: doc-bug
> >Submitter-Id: current-users
> >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 10 06:30:05 UTC 2009
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator: toidin
> >Release: FreeBSD 6.3 & 6.3 Releases
> >Organization:
> IQplus Prima
> >Environment:
> System FreeBSD can not load the device, so the OS can't start so displ to
login. edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386
> >Description:
> I just loaded FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE and 6.4-RELEASE on an IBM X 3550 M2
server, it did not recognize the onboard network adapter. I opened the case
of the computer and read the top of the network card chip, it has the
following numbers:
>
> Broadcom BCM5709C
>
> This server does have Two PCI-Express (x16) Gen 2 slotsone half-length,
full-height and one low-profile; each slot convertible to PCI-X with riser
option.
5709C != 5722 (which is supported in 6.4). I believe someone recently posted
some patches to hackers@ recently to add support for the 5709C for 7 and 8.
--
John Baldwin
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