From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) Description of problem: Network driver bcm5700 does not start under kenel 2.4.9-e.30smp; however, when I boot under kenel 2.4.9-e.3smp the network starts. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kennel-2.4.9-e.30smp How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. cd /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.30smp/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700 2. /sbin/insmod bcm5700 3. Actual Results: bcm5700: init_module: No Such device Expected Results: Network should start Additional info: Network starts when I boot under kernel 2.4.9-e.3smp or run the below steps 1. cd /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.3smp/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700 2. /sbin/insmod bcm5700
did you install 2.4.9-e.3smp yourself or did it come preloaded ? Also we recommend using tg3 always.
We installed it from the disk provied with our server. I think someone from tech support told us to use bcm5700 in place of the tg3. Is this not correct? Can I just replace bcm5700 entry in modules.conf with tg3? How can I make usre tg3 driver is installed, and what if it's not?
we haven't changed bcm5700 so I'm really surprised it stopped working. But the included tg3 driver (indeed just change modules.conf) is a LOT better nowadays
I will switch it to tg3, but I don't see the tg3.o in the 2.4.9- e.30smp kernel directory. How can I install the driver? Only in: /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.3smp/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.3/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.27/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o /lib/modules/2.4.9-e.27smp/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.o
It may be in drivers/addon. In any case, the solution is to switch to tg3.