From: Eric Sandall <eric@sandall.us>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: b44 driver issues?
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:10:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44761D45.3090407@sandall.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200605251919.00614.dj@david-web.co.uk>
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David Johnson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop with a Broadcom BCM4401 network card which
> uses the b44 driver.
>
> With recent kernels (I've tested with Ubuntu's 2.6.15, vanilla 2.6.16.18 and
> 2.6.17-rc5) the driver loads without error but the interface isn't
> registered.
>
> In dmesg:
> b44.c:v1.00 (Apr 7, 2006)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 177
> eth0: Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:11:43:7b:69:ae
>
> # ifconfig eth0
> eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
>
> With Ubuntu's 2.6.12 kernel everything works as expected. I've not tried any
> kernels between 2.6.12 and 2.6.15, but can do so if it'd be helpful.
>
> Anybody else having problems?
I have it working fine with 2.6.15.6 and prior. The few 2.6.16 kernels I
tested had it working as well.
- -sandalle
- --
Eric Sandall | Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
eric@sandall.us | http://www.sourcemage.org/
http://eric.sandall.us/ | SysAdmin @ Shock Physics @ WSU
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-25 21:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-25 18:19 b44 driver issues? David Johnson
2006-05-25 19:21 ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-05-29 0:10 ` David Johnson
2006-05-25 21:10 ` Eric Sandall [this message]
2006-05-26 18:32 ` Mark Lord
2006-05-26 18:47 ` Mark Lord
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