Description of problem:
I have a Broadcom Corporation Netlink BCM57780 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01) card in a Dell T1500.  The tg3 module fails to start the eth0 interface with this message:
tg3.c:v3.99 (April 20, 2009)
tg3 0000:02:00.0: PCI INTA -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
tg3 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
tg3 0000:02:00.0: PME# disabled
tg3 mdio bus: probed
eth%d: No PHY devices
tg3: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting.
tg3 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.31.1-56

How reproducible:
everytime

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot kernel
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Actual results:
tg3 fails to create eth0

Expected results:
an eth0 at boot so I can have a network

Additional info: