Lan adapter Broadcom 57xx

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Hi there,

I have not used Linux since university and I finally got fed up with windows, so I installed Opensuse 11.2 on my Dell D430. Changed the wireless adapter to an intel one and everything work, except the Broadcom ethernet 5257 Adapter.

I tried everything with my limited knowledge, using the bnx2 module instad, blacklisting tg3 etc but to no avail… no eth0

In yast the pci card shows up. Here some readouts…

Please help. This is becoming a nightmare.

Christian

lspci readout
http:/09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express

dmesg readout

8.605929] tg3.c:v3.99 (April 20, 2009)
8.605956] tg3 0000:09:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
8.605970] tg3 0000:09:00.0: setting latency timer to 64

8.848219] tg3: Could not obtain valid ethernet address, aborting.
8.848271] tg3 0000:09:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
8.848301] tg3: probe of 0000:09:00.0 failed with error -22
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I have

07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Lenovo IdeaPad S10e
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32
        Memory at f4600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64]
        Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [58] Vendor Specific Information <?>
        Capabilities: [e8] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel <?>
        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-26-22-ff-fe-d8-61-f3
        Kernel driver in use: tg3

Works just fine.

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As mentioned, I dont get a valid ETH0 ,something must be wrong and I want to avoid using NDISWRAPPER.

Please some help!

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What output do you get from

/sbin/ifconfig

Without knowing the details about the network you’re trying to connect to, have you tried configuring via YaST?

Edit: Sorry, didn’t notice dmesg errors. What happens if you try manually unloading then reloading the tg3 driver? Any errors?

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On 03/08/2010 07:06 PM, deano ferrari wrote:
>
> What output do you get from
>
>> /sbin/ifconfig
>
> Without knowing the details about the network you’re trying to connect
> to, have you tried configuring via YaST?

Have you used the Broadcom wl driver for wireless and blacklisted ssb?

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Hi
I have a similar problem ,and i found that -kernel 2.6.31.5 (in dvd )have a bug,sou cange the kernel with the 2.6.31.12
If you do update already
-I don`t now