Re: NetBSD 4.0 and bnx NIC

[Sigmund Skjelnes <skjelnes%robin.no@localhost>]

Well, the only way to get that NIC working, and that's NetBSD getting 
suport for it in the kernel. That took a few years with the wireless 
ones. There's a possibility you could make your own kernel, if you are 
good at programming bits and bytes. I'd gave up before really trying.

Last time I'd got into a problem like that, I'd got the idea that the 
task is not to have that NIC working, but to have a NIC working. Printed 
out the hardware page for the actual NetBSD version, went to the 
computer store, and asked for a NIC which were on that list. The clerk 
searched for about ten minutes, and came up with an NIC that worked with 
no problem. It costed a little more, though.

Sigmund

Axel.Gruner%suedfactoring.de@localhost wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i just installed NetBSD 4.0 on our IBM HS-20 Blade Center directly on the
> SAN. Worked like a charm (with FreeBSD i can only install 6.1, and also
> need some tricks to do so...).
> The only problem is the NIC.
>
> dmesg output:
>
> bnx0 at pci10 dev0 function0: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000 BASE-SX
> SerDes controllers are not supported!
> bnx1 at pci12 dev0 function0: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000 BASE-SX
> SerDes controllers are not supported!
>
> Is there a way to get this NIC working?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Axel