From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754516AbXGBRL0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:11:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751102AbXGBRLU (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:11:20 -0400 Received: from mail.tmr.com ([64.65.253.246]:48366 "EHLO gaimboi.tmr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751014AbXGBRLT (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:11:19 -0400 Message-ID: <46893264.8050908@tmr.com> Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:14:12 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061105 SeaMonkey/1.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Boneko CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Old bug in tg3 driver unfixed? References: <46864736.3090108@boneko.de> In-Reply-To: <46864736.3090108@boneko.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Tim Boneko wrote: > Hello! > I am not subscribed to this list so please CC answers to my mail > address. THX! > > I recently replaced the mainboard of one of my servers with a Tyan > Tomcat K8E. The onboard gigabit NIC is a Broadcom BCM5721. After > compiling and loading the tg3 driver in Kernel 2.6.21.5, the interface > could not be configured: "Device not found". > While searching the net i found a few other people with the same problem > but no solution. > > By coincidence i found that a simpe "ifconfig eth1" worked OK and > afterwards the device could be configured and used as desired. After > searching this list, i found this posting > Probably unrelated, but what's eth0? > http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.0/0224.html > > by someone with obviously the same problem. > Has some patch of the driver been reversed or is the hardware buggy? > > BTW the chip is connected via PCI Express. > I have that chip in a system, but I didn't find it quickly, it may be at another location, unless the controller which shows up as 3C940 on my ASUS P4P800 is the Broadcom. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot