Re: Old bug in tg3 driver unfixed?

Björn Steinbrink
2007-07-02T23:57:20Z

On 2007.06.30 14:06:14 +0200, 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
>
> http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.0/0224.html
>
> by someone with obviously the same problem.

Sounds more like a iftab/udev problem. Check /etc/iftab and your udev
rules please.

Björn