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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Networking question questions
  • Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:37:34 +0000 (UTC)

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

Message from Steven
===================
Ratana wrote:

Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme
BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 21)

The network module (driver) for that NIC is bcm5700.o
Put bcm5700.o into /lib/modules/2.2.26/misc
Then do:
--------------
insmod bcm5700
--------------

The only problem is that your NIC is fairly new and
the bcm5700.o module is not in the BL3 module collection.
It will need to be compiled from the Broadcom source
package. According to the Broadcom FAQ, the bcm5700.o
module will work with a 2.2 kernel. But first it must
be compiled. Hopefully, someone here will compile it
for you (and we will add it to the BL3 collection).

Cheers,
Steven


From the broadcom site, downloaded with opera (links would not work for
the I Accept button) from the archive.

bcm5700 source code:

http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/linux-8.3.14.zip


For tg3 driver (which some people seem to prefer but would not compile with later 2.6 kernels, don't know about 2.2):

Verion 3.66d which I downloaded from the archive:
http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/linux-3.66d.zip tg3 source code

Latest version of tg3 3.71b (2/1/07)
http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/driver-sla.php?driver=570x-Linux

How big is 2.2.26 kernel source code if you remove non-i386 arch parts?


Sindi




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