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From: "Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@broadcom.com>
Subject: Re: BCM5720
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:06:54 -0700
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:00:12PM -0700, Mahesh Bandewar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The PCI device ID for this was removed sometime in the past. Was there any
> reason behind this (am I missing anything)?

The device ID that was removed was for a preproduction device that was
never released.  There now exists a new device under the same name, but
it has a different device ID.  If you have a BCM5720 device, it should
work with the latest kernels.