Bug 119226 - Need Network support for Broadcom BCM5751
Summary: Need Network support for Broadcom BCM5751
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: rawhide
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Jeff Garzik
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-03-26 18:30 UTC by Clark Fredenburg
Modified: 2013-07-03 02:18 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-07-14 19:09:16 UTC
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Description Clark Fredenburg 2004-03-26 18:30:01 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Thre is no support for the Broadcom BCM5751 NIC.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.1-1.65smp

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora Core 2 Test1 from CDs
2. Check for NIC HW support
3.
    

Additional info:
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2004-03-29 00:34:57 UTC 
does it work if you explicitly tell it to try the tg3 driver?
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2004-03-29 20:20:21 UTC 
Also, does it work better with a later kernel?

lspci output?
Comment 3 Clark Fredenburg 2004-07-14 15:45:11 UTC 
The BCM5751 is now working in Fedora Core 2.90 Test 1.  It is showing
up as a Generic tg3 device.
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