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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