[OpenIndiana-discuss] Installing on system with a Broadcom 5720 NIC

[Ian Collins]

On 05/ 4/12 05:08 PM, Rich wrote:
 > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Ian Collins <ian at ianshome.com> wrote:
>> I'm evaluating OI on a new Dell R720 which has a Broadcom 5720 quad NIC.
>>
>> The device isn't recognised by the installer, but I see commits for BCM5720
>> support in hg.  How should I update the driver post-install (bearing in mind
>> I won't have a working network interface!)?
>>
>> Thanks.
> The only commits I see are for updates to PCI IDs to include the BCM5720?
>
> Which commits are you looking at?

Those were the ones I spotted.  I thought there would be a driver change 
as well (there are some comments on BSD lists which indicate a driver 
change is also needed).  Broadcom also have an updated driver for 
Solaris 10.

I'll try updating the driver aliases.

-- 
Ian.