Re: Broadcom BCM5901 NIC

[Jeff Garzik]

David Härdeman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my new laptop (IBM Thinkpad G40) has an integrated NIC made by broadcom. 
> It's a BCM5901 card for which support was added in the tg3 driver a few 
> weeks ago (both in 2.4 and 2.6-test). However, the device doesn't work, 
> it insmods just fine and claims the hardware, but the machine never 
> responds to ping messages and the led indicating network activity is 
> never activated.
>
> Broadcom has released a driver of their own (bcm5700) which works with 
> kernel 2.4.21. When I try that combination it works fine, however, the 
> bcm5700 driver wont work at all on recent 2.4 or 2.6 kernels.
>
> Does anyone know what is wrong with the tg3 driver? Has anyone tried 
> using it on a 5901 card with success?


Trying unplugging/plugging the cable, or ifdown+ifup cycle, and let me 
know if that fixes things.

	Jeff



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