Re: Broadcom BCM5901 NIC

Jeff Garzik
2003-09-27T23:28:15Z

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