From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: "David Härdeman" <david@2gen.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM5901 NIC
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 19:28:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F761D02.3050708@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030927231904.GA22769@hardeman.nu>
David Härdeman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my new laptop (IBM Thinkpad G40) has an integrated NIC made by broadcom.
> It's a BCM5901 card for which support was added in the tg3 driver a few
> weeks ago (both in 2.4 and 2.6-test). However, the device doesn't work,
> it insmods just fine and claims the hardware, but the machine never
> responds to ping messages and the led indicating network activity is
> never activated.
>
> Broadcom has released a driver of their own (bcm5700) which works with
> kernel 2.4.21. When I try that combination it works fine, however, the
> bcm5700 driver wont work at all on recent 2.4 or 2.6 kernels.
>
> Does anyone know what is wrong with the tg3 driver? Has anyone tried
> using it on a 5901 card with success?
Trying unplugging/plugging the cable, or ifdown+ifup cycle, and let me
know if that fixes things.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-27 23:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-27 23:19 Broadcom BCM5901 NIC David Härdeman
2003-09-27 23:28 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2003-09-28 0:05 ` David Härdeman
2003-10-06 14:37 ` David Härdeman
[not found] <3F7632B9.6020302@wanadoo.es>
2003-09-28 10:07 ` David Härdeman
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