Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Sep 2003 19:28:02 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Broadcom BCM5901 NIC |
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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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