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Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 10:01:46 -0500
From: blstuart@bellsouth.net
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Subject: Re: [9fans] No Boot from installCD on IBM xserver 305
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> 	Broadcom / ServerWorks BCM5715 Broadcom dual gigabit, pci bridge
> 04:00.0 0200: 14e4:16ac (rev 12)
> 	Broadcom Corporation
> 05:00.0 0604: 1166:0103 (rev c3)
> 	Broadcom / ServerWorks BCM5715 Broadcom dual gigabit, pci bridge
>
> Broadcom GigE - these are a problem, as I understand it
> Broadcom will not supply register level programming info for
> their chipsets except under NDA.
>
> and as these are blades you have no chance to plug in a
> supported PCI NIC.

Actually, they have.  I'm pretty sure it was on this list
that someone sent a link to the docs.  I started working
on a 57xx driver, but got side-tracked and no longer
have access to one of the machines I was using.  Maybe
I can pop it off my task stack someday...

BLS