From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262285AbTI1AGB (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:06:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262286AbTI1AGB (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:06:01 -0400 Received: from as1-2-5.han.s.bonet.se ([194.236.155.59]:58382 "EHLO palpatine.hardeman.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262285AbTI1AF7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:05:59 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 02:05:51 +0200 From: David =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E4rdeman?= To: Jeff Garzik Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM5901 NIC Message-ID: <20030928000550.GA24165@hardeman.nu> References: <20030927231904.GA22769@hardeman.nu> <3F761D02.3050708@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <3F761D02.3050708@pobox.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I tried unplugging/plugging the cable a few times along with ifup and ifdown a few times in different variations. It didnt seem to do much, one interesting thing that I noticed was that the Windows XP host that this laptop was connected to with a crossover cable during the testing reported the link as being down when the NIC was ifup'ed and vice versa. After being bored with ifup/down and cable pulling I tried some modprobe/rmmod as well. This proptly hosed the system, the "ifconfig eth0 down" command is frozen, unkillable and consumes 100% CPU right now. ifconfig on another console to check if the card "is still there" also froze. Well, at least the network led woke up, its on constantly right now :-) Ideas? //David PS With the tg3 driver the card is reported as a 33Mhz PCI card, with the bcm5700 it's reported as a 66Mhz PCI card, could this make a difference? On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 07:28:02PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >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 > >