Re: Network not recognised during install.
Hi,
I've just added the following to the Wiki FAQ for future reference.
(Although I suggest you just try to find another NIC - you can find PCI
NICs in old PCs from days before motherboard-integrated NICs, or I've
had 3Com 3C905's off eBay in the past for only £0.99 delivered - and
then be able to run a pure free-software system.)
Q. Why is my network card not recognised?
A. If the NIC or its driver requires non-free firmware blobs, Debian
cannot ship these in the main archive. And there is also no mechanism
in kFreeBSD to load non-free blobs from a separate package, e.g. from
/lib/firmware/ .
Some of the unsupported NICs are:
* bce: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-SX
* bce: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T
* bce: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-SX
* bce: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T
* bce: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-SX
* bce: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T
* bce: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5716 1000Base-T
* bce: HP NC370F Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC370i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC370T Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC371i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC373F PCIe Multifunc Giga Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC373m Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC373T PCIe Multifunction Gig Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC374m PCIe Multifunction Adapter
* bce: HP NC380T PCIe DP Multifunc Gig Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC382i DP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
* bce: HP NC382m DP 1GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter
* bce: HP NC382T PCIe DP Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
* ce: Cronyx-Tau32-PCI serial adapter
* cp: Cronyx-Tau-PCI serial adapter
* ct: Cronyx Tau-ISA
* cxgbe: Chelsio PE9000
* cxgbe: Chelsio T302E
* cxgbe: Chelsio T310E
* cxgbe: Chelsio T320X
* cxgbe: Chelsio T302X
* cxgbe: Chelsio T320E
* cxgbe: Chelsio T310X
* cxgbe: Chelsio T3B10
* cxgbe: Chelsio T3B20
* cxgbe: Chelsio T3B02
* cxgbe: Chelsio T3B04
* cxgbe: Chelsio T3C10
* cxgbe: Chelsio S320E-CR
* cxgbe: Chelsio N320E-G2
* cxgbe: Chelsio Terminator 4 FPGA
* cxgbe: Chelsio T440-dbg
* cxgbe: Chelsio T420-CR
* cxgbe: Chelsio T422-CR
* cxgbe: Chelsio T440-CR
* cxgbe: Chelsio T420-BCH
* cxgbe: Chelsio T440-BCH
* cxgbe: Chelsio T440-CH
* cxgbe: Chelsio T420-SO
* cxgbe: Chelsio T420-CX
* cxgbe: Chelsio T420-BT
* cxgbe: Chelsio T404-BT
* fatm: FORE PCA200E
* fxp: Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82550 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82551 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82551 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82551QM Pro/100 M Mobile Connection
* fxp: Intel 82557/8/9 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82557 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82557 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82557 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82558 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82558 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82559ER Embedded 10/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82559ER Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82559 PCI/CardBus Pro/100
* fxp: Intel 82559 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82559 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82559 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82559 Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82562EM/EX/GX Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ PRO/100 VE Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82562ET (ICH5/ICH5R) Pro/100 VE Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82562EZ (ICH6)
* fxp: Intel 82562GX Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801BA/CAM (ICH2/3) Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801BA (D865) Pro/100 VE Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 VE Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 VE Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 VM Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 VM Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) Pro/100 VM Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Pro/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Pro/100 VE Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Pro/100 VE Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Pro/100 VM Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Pro/100 VM Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801FBM (ICH6-M) Pro/100 VE Ethernet
* fxp: Intel 82801GB (ICH7) 10/100 Ethernet
* fxp: Intel Pro/100 946GZ (ICH7) Network Connection
* fxp: Intel Pro/100 VE Network Connection
* fxp: Intel Pro/100 VM Network Connection
* sf: Adaptec ANA-62011 (rev 0) 10/100BaseTX
* sf: Adaptec ANA-62011 (rev 1) 10/100BaseTX
* sf: Adaptec ANA-62020 10/100BaseFX
* sf: Adaptec ANA-62022 10/100BaseTX
* sf: Adaptec ANA-62044 (rev 0) 10/100BaseTX
* sf: Adaptec ANA-62044 (rev 1) 10/100BaseTX
* sf: Adaptec ANA-69011 10/100BaseTX
* sn: SMC91C90/91C92
* sn: SMC91C94/91C96
* sn: SMC91C95
* sn: SMC91C100
* sn: SMC91C100FD
* sn: SMC91C110
* ti: 3Com 3c985-SX Gigabit Ethernet
* ti: Alteon AceNIC 1000baseSX Gigabit Ethernet
* ti: Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet
* ti: Farallon PN9000SX Gigabit Ethernet
* ti: Netgear GA620 1000baseSX Gigabit Ethernet
* ti: Netgear GA620 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet
* ti: Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet
* txp: 3Com 3cR990B-SRV Etherlink Server with 3XP Processor
* txp: 3Com 3cR990B-TXM Etherlink with 3XP Processor
* txp: 3Com 3cR990-SRV-95 Etherlink Server with 3XP Processor
* txp: 3Com 3cR990-SRV-97 Etherlink Server with 3XP Processor
* txp: 3Com 3cR990-TX-95 Etherlink with 3XP Processor
* txp: 3Com 3cR990-TX-97 Etherlink with 3XP Processor
If you want to compile a kernel to support these NICs, with the
necessary non-free firmware blobs compiled into it, please find
instructions at:
http://bugs.debian.org/642468#10
(You can use "apt-get source kfreebsd-9" to get a recent kernel, instead
of the wget command line suggested there).
Regards,
--
Steven Chamberlain
steven@pyro.eu.org
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