Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 83543
bcm5700 module missing from kernel 2.4.18-24.7.x
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:50:42 EDT
Description of problem: The latest update kernel is missing the bcm5700 module. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x How reproducible: [root@bastelra root]# rpm -ql kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x|fgrep bcm5700 [root@bastelra root]# rpm -ql kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x|fgrep bcm5700 /lib/modules/2.4.18-18.7.x/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700 /lib/modules/2.4.18-18.7.x/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700/bcm5700.o Additional info: The older security update kernel 2.4.18-17.7x contains the module but it's missing from 2.4.18-24.7x in both single processor and smp version.
This is intentional. The bcm5700 driver is superceded by the tg3 driver for the last few kernel errata already. Installing the kernel will have made sure that your settings are adjusted to use tg3 in the relevant configuration file.
Yes, the %post script calls /usr/sbin/module_upgrade /usr/share/hwdata/upgradelist contains this: bcm5700 NETWORK tg3 but in /etc/modules.conf there's still: alias eth0 bcm5700 alias eth1 bcm5700 Calling /usr/sbin/module_upgrade by hand doesn't fix this.
lspci output?
[root@bastelra root]# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0012 (rev 13) 00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0012 00:00.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0000 00:04.0 Class ff00: Dell Computer Corporation Embedded Systems Management Device 4 00:04.1 Class ff00: Dell Computer Corporation PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3/Di 00:04.2 Class 0c07: Dell Computer Corporation: Unknown device 000d 00:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) 00:0f.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CSB5 South Bridge (rev 93) 00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB5 IDE Controller (rev 93) 00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 USB Controller (rev 05) 00:0f.3 ISA bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0225 00:10.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 03) 00:10.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 03) 00:11.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 03) 00:11.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0101 (rev 03) 03:06.0 Ethernet controller: BROADCOM Corporation NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 15) 03:08.0 Ethernet controller: BROADCOM Corporation NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 15) 04:08.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 0309 (rev 01) 04:08.1 RAID bus controller: Dell Computer Corporation PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3/Di (rev 01) 05:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec RAID subsystem HBA (rev 01) 05:06.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec RAID subsystem HBA (rev 01) It's a Dell PE 2650 server. BTW the hwdata package was modified somehow by Dell: [root@bastelra root]# rpm -V hwdata-0.14-1 S.5....T c /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids S.5....T c /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable
If Dell changed the default mapping in the PCI table to bcm5700, module_upgrade won't change it to tg3, as it checks to see that the card actually will map to tg3 before changing the modules.conf entry.
As mentioned above, the mapping in /usr/share/hwdata/upgradelist are intact, only pcitable and pci.ids were changed. I could post the diff between Dell's hwdata-0.14-1 and the original version.
Sure. The differences in the pcitable *do* matter, as that's what kudzu would use to determine which cards map to tg3.
Created attachment 89881 [details] diff between original RedHat 7.3 hwdata and the version from Dell
Thank you for posting that; Dell mangling the hwdata files has definitely caused this problem. You clearly know all the many possible ways to fix this problem without my help, but for other Dell customers seeing the same problem and viewing this bug report, I'll be explicit: I suggest using rpm -Uvh --force to re-install the hwdata package from CDs and thus remove Dell's modification, or simply update to the latest hwdata package; for Red Hat Linux 7.3 that's hwdata-0.14.1-1.noarch.rpm; for Red Hat Linux 8.0 that's hwdata-0.48-1.noarch.rpm So for those temporarily without a network connection due to Dell's changes, I think that the simplest steps, assuming that you are registered on Red Hat Network and that you have a tg3-driven card as eth0, is to run, as root: modprobe tg3 ifup eth0 up2date hwdata /usr/sbin/module_upgrade I don't have the setup to test that, but I think it will work. You could also reboot into the older kernel that still has bcm5700 and then run up2date hwdata /usr/sbin/module_upgrade In any case, you can edit /etc/modules.conf and change "bcm5700" to "tg3" The Red Hat Linux 7.3 update to hwdata is available via FTP at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/7.3/en/os/noarch/hwdata-0.14.1-1.noarch.rpm Similarly, for Red Hat Linux 8.0 the latest update to hwdata is at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/updates/8.0/en/os/noarch/hwdata-0.48-1.noarch.rpm I am closing this as "NOTABUG" with some trepidation; it really is a bug, but it's a bug in the way Dell set up the system rather than in Red Hat Linux per se, so I really mean that it is "NOTOURBUG" -- we just don't have a "NOTOURBUG" resolution.
Thanks. I've tested the procedure and it gave the desired result.
Too bad tg3 dies on a IBM xSeries 335 (lspci follows) :-/ The machine is a IBM xSeries 335-41X (2GHz P4 Xeon, 512MB RAM, MPT Fusion RAID-1, dual 18.2GB HDs, dual onboard Broadcom NetXtreme 5703X 10/100/1000 NICs) with an additional Adaptec Starfire 4 Port 10/100 NIC, running the SMP Kernel since the Xeons do Hyperthreading. This happend after an Update from -18.7.x to -24.7.x. Haven't had this with the bcm5700 module. Will check if this happens all the time. dmesg snipplet: tg3.c:v1.2a (Dec 9, 2002) divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0 eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95703A30) rev 1002 PHY(5703)] (PCIX:100MHz:64-bit) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:02:55:67:80:fb tg3: DMA engine test failed, aborting. divert: freeing divert_blk for eth0 tg3.c:v1.2a (Dec 9, 2002) tg3: DMA engine test failed, aborting. tg3: DMA engine test failed, aborting. DMA memory shortage. Temporarily falling back on virtual DMA vfree(): sleeping in interrupt!! dffe9eac c027ece0 ffffffff 00000000 c01cf783 e08e4000 00004000 00000001 00000000 c01c954d 00000001 000c1c00 c045c000 c01c9850 00000080 00000000 c01c9874 00000000 ffffffef 00000000 c012636b 00000000 dffe9f0c 00200086 Call Trace: [<c01cf783>] floppy_release_irq_and_dma [kernel] 0xe3 (0xdffe9ebc)) [<c01c954d>] set_dor [kernel] 0x18d (0xdffe9ed0)) [<c01c9850>] motor_off_callback [kernel] 0x0 (0xdffe9ee0)) [<c01c9874>] motor_off_callback [kernel] 0x24 (0xdffe9eec)) [<c012636b>] timer_bh [kernel] 0x29b (0xdffe9efc)) [<c012257b>] bh_action [kernel] 0x4b (0xdffe9f24)) [<c0122421>] tasklet_hi_action [kernel] 0x61 (0xdffe9f2c)) [<c01221ab>] do_softirq [kernel] 0x6b (0xdffe9f44)) [<c010a8b0>] do_IRQ [kernel] 0x100 (0xdffe9f60)) [<c0106e60>] default_idle [kernel] 0x0 (0xdffe9f68)) [<c0106e60>] default_idle [kernel] 0x0 (0xdffe9f74)) [<c010d078>] call_do_IRQ [kernel] 0x5 (0xdffe9f78)) [<c0106e60>] default_idle [kernel] 0x0 (0xdffe9f7c)) [<c0106e60>] default_idle [kernel] 0x0 (0xdffe9f90)) [<c0106e89>] default_idle [kernel] 0x29 (0xdffe9fa4)) [<c0106f02>] cpu_idle [kernel] 0x32 (0xdffe9fb0)) [<c011dadb>] call_console_drivers [kernel] 0xeb (0xdffe9fd0)) [<c011dc89>] printk [kernel] 0x129 (0xdffe9ffc)) Output of lspci -v for the OnBoard NICs: 03:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 026f Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 24 Memory at f8ff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device. Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable- 03:02.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02) Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 026f Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 25 Memory at f8fe0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] PCI-X non-bridge device. Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-