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Hi Steven and All,

 

Thanks for your reply. I really appreciate your help.

 

I was wondering what really was the problem.

Here are what my step.

1) I download the module from 
   http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/add-ons/2_2_26/modules/net/

2)
/<#>cp /floppy/bcm5700.o /lib/modules/2.2.26/misc/
/<#>insmod bcm5700
    Using /lib/modules/2.2.26/misc/bcm5700.o
    insmod: init_module: bcm5700: Device or resource busy

 

ifconfig was not working.

 

NB: My BL3 was booted from floopy. I did not install it on hard disk.

 

Thanks,

Ratana

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
>
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