linux-kernel - Re: Old bug in tg3 driver unfixed?

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Date:	Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:14:12 -0400
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	Tim Boneko <tim@...eko.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Old bug in tg3 driver unfixed?

Tim Boneko wrote:
> Hello!
> I am not subscribed to this list so please CC answers to my mail
> address. THX!
> 
> I recently replaced the mainboard of one of my servers with a Tyan
> Tomcat K8E. The onboard gigabit NIC is a Broadcom BCM5721. After
> compiling and loading the tg3 driver in Kernel 2.6.21.5, the interface
> could not be configured: "Device not found".
> While searching the net i found a few other people with the same problem
> but no solution.
> 
> By coincidence i found that a simpe "ifconfig eth1" worked OK and
> afterwards the device could be configured and used as desired. After
> searching this list, i found this posting
> 
Probably unrelated, but what's eth0?

> http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0409.0/0224.html
> 
> by someone with obviously the same problem.
> Has some patch of the driver been reversed or is the hardware buggy?
> 
> BTW the chip is connected via PCI Express.
> 
I have that chip in a system, but I didn't find it quickly, it may be at 
another location, unless the controller which shows up as 3C940 on my 
ASUS P4P800 is the Broadcom.


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