Broadcom BCM5751 Ethernet card drivers? (Solved)
Broadcom BCM5751 Ethernet card drivers? (Solved)
Although Puppy correctly identifies my network card as a Broadcom Corporation NetExtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet, it cannot load any drivers for this card (unlike Feather that has no problems providing network access). Are there different kernel modules available that could be used?
From the website (http://featherlinux.berlios.de), feather is using Kernel 2.4.27. As a relative newcomer to linux, can you tell me how to find which modules are loaded? I can then reply to the second part of your query
List of loaded modules, and Linux version, below: -
lufs 13232 1
nls_iso8859-1 2844 0 (autoclean)
ntfs 51072 0 (autoclean)
autofs4 8756 1 (autoclean)
af_packet 13544 0 (autoclean)
i810_audio 25048 0
ac97_codec 11916 0 [i810_audio]
soundcore 3428 2 [i810_audio]
tg3 53640 1
serial 52100 0 (autoclean)
ieee1394 183300 0
pcmcia_core 39840 0
thermal 6724 0 (unused)
processor 9040 0 [thermal]
fan 1600 0 (unused)
button 2700 0 (unused)
battery 5952 0 (unused)
ac 1824 0 (unused)
ide-scsi 9072 0
rtc 7036 0 (autoclean)
cloop 8740 2
usb-storage 61760 1
usb-uhci 21644 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 16392 0 (unused)
usbcore 57600 1 [usb-storage usb-uhci ehci-hcd]
Linux version 2.4.27 (root@Koffer) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #2 SMP Mo Aug 9 00:39:37 CEST 2004
lufs 13232 1
nls_iso8859-1 2844 0 (autoclean)
ntfs 51072 0 (autoclean)
autofs4 8756 1 (autoclean)
af_packet 13544 0 (autoclean)
i810_audio 25048 0
ac97_codec 11916 0 [i810_audio]
soundcore 3428 2 [i810_audio]
tg3 53640 1
serial 52100 0 (autoclean)
ieee1394 183300 0
pcmcia_core 39840 0
thermal 6724 0 (unused)
processor 9040 0 [thermal]
fan 1600 0 (unused)
button 2700 0 (unused)
battery 5952 0 (unused)
ac 1824 0 (unused)
ide-scsi 9072 0
rtc 7036 0 (autoclean)
cloop 8740 2
usb-storage 61760 1
usb-uhci 21644 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 16392 0 (unused)
usbcore 57600 1 [usb-storage usb-uhci ehci-hcd]
Linux version 2.4.27 (root@Koffer) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #2 SMP Mo Aug 9 00:39:37 CEST 2004
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tg3 is a network card module I think... but I vaguely recall something about it, a reason it isn't in Puppy. I think it is deprecated, and one of the others, b44 or bcm5700 superceeds it.
Have you actually tried "modprobe bcm5700"?
Ah hah! I found a note about it one of my notebooks:
"Broadcom Tigon3 (tg3) module is replaced by bcm5700".
...so there you have it.
However, if you really need the tg3 module, I do have it, and can post it to the forum if the other module/s don't work.
Have you actually tried "modprobe bcm5700"?
Ah hah! I found a note about it one of my notebooks:
"Broadcom Tigon3 (tg3) module is replaced by bcm5700".
...so there you have it.
However, if you really need the tg3 module, I do have it, and can post it to the forum if the other module/s don't work.
I have a similar problem with Puppy on my Dell Latitude D610. It recognises the network card (built-in) as Broadcom Corporation NetExtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet, but the drivers it loaded all cannot work.
I manually selected bcm5700 and b44 but both would not load.
After Googling for it, I found some links which suggested loading a tigon3 module. Would have been great if Puppy was able to recognise my network card and get it to work. A laptop without network access is pretty useless these days.
I manually selected bcm5700 and b44 but both would not load.
After Googling for it, I found some links which suggested loading a tigon3 module. Would have been great if Puppy was able to recognise my network card and get it to work. A laptop without network access is pretty useless these days.
Same Dell610 Broadcom issue
Hi all;
Having the very same issue with a Del Latitude D610 and the Broadcom 57xx driver. I pulled down the tg3.o and while I was able to get that to load it seemed to be a bit flaky as I would get variable results with the ifplugstatus query. Wondering if anyone has solved this driver issue and can lend a hand. I saw one post which referenced pulling down the actual driver from Broadcom and then presumable re-linkng a kernal with that in it.
What the best way to get this done for a relative newbie?
Thanks
Having the very same issue with a Del Latitude D610 and the Broadcom 57xx driver. I pulled down the tg3.o and while I was able to get that to load it seemed to be a bit flaky as I would get variable results with the ifplugstatus query. Wondering if anyone has solved this driver issue and can lend a hand. I saw one post which referenced pulling down the actual driver from Broadcom and then presumable re-linkng a kernal with that in it.
What the best way to get this done for a relative newbie?
Thanks
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I made a post about a newer Broadcom BCM4401 Linux driver here - http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=3553
There is also a driver for the Broadcom BCM57xx series at the same download location I mentioned in that post. The release date of this driver is quite recent.
There is also a driver for the Broadcom BCM57xx series at the same download location I mentioned in that post. The release date of this driver is quite recent.