problem with Broadcom Ethernet card and RH 7.2 - Linux Setup, Configuration & Administration

[Bernard]

The card is simply not reckognized, and it does not figure in the list of
reckognized ethernet cards for that RedHat distro. Could someone tell me
where I can find a driver for this card, or what alternate setup may be
tested ?

The exact references of this card are :

"Broadcom NetXtrem Gigabit Ethernet for HP"

In case this card would not be useable with RH 7.2, would there be another
distro, such as Mandrake 9 or else, that would accept this ethernet card ?

Thanks in advance for any input.

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Bernard DEBREIL

[Ian]

Bernard DEBREIL wrote: 

See http://www.broadcom.com/support/downloaddrivers.php.

Regards, Ian

[Vwakes]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 Bernard DEBREIL wrote:
 

Did you try google?

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11692_div/11692_div.HTML

There is support for this driver for 2.2 and 2.4 linux kernels.

V.

[Bernard]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:52:34 +0100, Ian Northeast wrote:
 
>
> See http://www.broadcom.com/support/downloaddrivers.php.[/ref]

Thanks a lot for this link. I have downloaded drivers, but I can't
compile/install any of them. I am not a specialist, and, when compiling a
program using the makefiles that are provided, if nothing goes wrong, I
have no problem. However, when something is not right, I am not likely to
know what to do. So, whether I try installing this driver, here is what it
says:

************************************************** ******************
[rootPCDEBREIL src]# make
gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DDBG=0 -DT3_JUMBO_RCV_RCB_ENTRY_COUNT=256
-DNICE_SUPPORT -DPCIX_TARGET_WORKAROUND=1 -DINCLUDE_TBI_SUPPORT -DINCLUDE_5701_AX_FIX=1
-Wall

-Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -I/lib/modules/2.4.7-10/build/include -c -o b57um.o b57um.c In file
included from mm.h:30,from b57um.c:19:

/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use
kernel-headers systemheaders,

/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but rather headers from an appropriate
kernel-source package.

/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:3:2:

#error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar)to /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2:

#error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2:

#error to build against the currently-running kernel. make: *** [b57um.o]

Erreur 1

[rootPCDEBREIL src]#

************************************************** ****************** below
Now, here is the Makefile provided with the driver package:

************************************************** ******************
#!/usr/bin/make
# Makefile for building Linux Broadcom Gigabit ethernet driver as a
module. # $id$

# PREFIX may be set by the RPM build to set the effective root. PREFIX=
ifeq ($(shell ls /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
echo build),)
ifeq ($(shell ls /usr/src/linux > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo linux),)
LINUX=
else
LINUX=/usr/src/linux
endif
else
LINUX=/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
endif

# check if 2.4 kernel or 2.5+ kernel
BCM_KVER:=$(shell uname -r | cut -c1-3 | sed 's/2\.[56]/2\.6/')

ifeq ($(BCM_KVER), 2.6)
# Makefile for 2.5+ kernel
ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)

obj-m += bcm5700.o

bcm5700-objs := b57um.o b57proc.o tigon3.o autoneg.o 5701rls.o
tcp_seg.o

EXTRA_CFLAGS = -DDBG=0 -DT3_JUMBO_RCV_RCB_ENTRY_COUNT=256 -DNICE_SUPPORT
-DPCIX_TARGET_WORKAROUND=1 -DINCLUDE_TBI_SUPPORT -DINCLUDE_5701_AX_FIX=1

else

default:
make -C $(LINUX) SUBDIRS=$(shell pwd) modules

install: default
if [ -d $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/bcm
];\ then install -m 444 bcm5700.ko $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(shell uname
-r)/kernel/drivers/net/bcm;\ else mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(shell
uname -r)/drivers/net;\ install -m 444 bcm5700.ko
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/drivers/net;\ fi
install -m 444 bcm5700.4.gz $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man/man4;

endif

else # ifeq ($(BCM_KVER),2.6)
# Makefile for 2.4 kernel

ifeq ($(LINUX),)
$(error Linux kernel source tree not found)
endif

ifeq ($(shell which kgcc > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo kgcc),)
CC = gcc
else
ifneq ($(findstring gcc version egcs-2.91.66, $(shell cat /proc/version
2>&1)),)
CC = kgcc
else
CC = gcc
endif
endif

LD = ld
CFLAGS=-DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DDBG=0 -DT3_JUMBO_RCV_RCB_ENTRY_COUNT=256
-DNICE_SUPPORT -DPCIX_TARGET_WORKAROUND=1 -DINCLUDE_TBI_SUPPORT
-DINCLUDE_5701_AX_FIX=1 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O6 -I$(LINUX)/include

ifeq ($(wildcard ~/rpmdir),)
rpmdir = /usr/src/redhat
else
rpmdir = $(wildcard ~/rpmdir)
endif

ARCH:=$(shell uname -m)

ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
CFLAGS+=-mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -pipe -finline-limit=2000
endif

ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64)
CFLAGS+=-pipe -ffixed-r13 -mfixed-range=f10-f15,f32-f127
-falign-functions=32
endif

ifdef DBG
CFLAGS += -DTIGON3_DEBUG=1
endif

ifdef SMALL
CFLAGS += -DBCM_SMALL_DRV=1
endif

all: bcm5700.o
tar: bcm5700.tgz

bcm5700.o: b57um.o b57proc.o tigon3.o autoneg.o 5701rls.o tcp_seg.o
$(LD) -i $^ -o $

install: bcm5700.o
if [ -d $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700
];\ then install -m 444 bcm5700.o $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname
-r`/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700;\ elif [ -d $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname
-r`/kernel/drivers/net/bcm ];\ then install -m 444 bcm5700.o
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/bcm;\ elif [ -d
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel ];\ then mkdir -p
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net;\ install -m 444
bcm5700.o $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net;\ else
mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/net;\ install -m 444 bcm5700.o
$(PREFIX)/lib/modules/`uname -r`/net/;\ fi
if [ "$(PREFIX)" = "" ]; then /sbin/depmod -a ;\ else echo " *** Run
'/sbin/depmod -a' to update the module database.";\ fi
if [ -d $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man ];\
then install -m 444 bcm5700.4.gz $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man/man4;\ elif [ -d
$(PREFIX)/usr/man ];\
then install -m 444 bcm5700.4.gz $(PREFIX)/usr/man/man4;\ fi

bcm5700.tgz: Makefile *.[cho] LICENSE RELEASE.TXT
tar cfvz $ $^

rpm: bcm5700.tgz bcm5700.spec
cp -p $< ${rpmdir}/SOURCES/
rpm -ba bcm5700.spec

..PHONEY: all clean install tar

debug:
make DBG=1

small:
make SMALL=1

endif # ifeq ($(BCM_KVER),2.6)

clean:
-rm -f bcm5700.o bcm5700.ko b57um.o b57proc.o tigon3.o autoneg.o
5701rls.o tcp_seg.o bcm5700.mod.c bcm5700.mod.o
************************************************** *********************

Can you advise what to do next ?

I don't know how to interpretate the following errors:

*******************************************
#error Change -I/usr/src/linux/include (or similar)to /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:4:2:

#error -I/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:5:2:

#error to build against the currently-running kernel. make: *** [b57um.o]
*******************************************

The system recommends that I replace ' -I/usr/src... by
/usr/include/modversions...

which makes no sense to me, since modversions.h contains only error
messages, and, besides, I don't know where to find the string to modify,
since it does not appear in the makefile. In any case, the $(uname -r)
would make no sense to me either.

Thanks in advance for a knowledged hand :)

I point out that I am running kernel 2.4.7-10.

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Bernard DEBREIL

[Bernard]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:18:50 +0100, Vwakes wrote:
 [/ref]

 

Thanks a lot for this info.

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Bernard DEBREIL

[Detlef]

Am Wed, 12 Nov 2003 22:15:35 +0100 schrieb Bernard DEBREIL:
 

look at
http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/locate/70_4706.html

This driver works with SuSe and RedHat

[Nico]

"Bernard DEBREIL" <fr> wrote in message
news:fr... 
> >
> > See http://www.broadcom.com/support/downloaddrivers.php.[/ref]
>
> Thanks a lot for this link. I have downloaded drivers, but I can't
> compile/install any of them. I am not a specialist, and, when compiling a
> program using the makefiles that are provided, if nothing goes wrong, I
> have no problem. However, when something is not right, I am not likely to
> know what to do. So, whether I try installing this driver, here is what it
> says:
>
> ************************************************** ******************
> [rootPCDEBREIL src]# make
> gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DDBG=0 -DT3_JUMBO_RCV_RCB_ENTRY_COUNT=256
> -DNICE_SUPPORT -DPCIX_TARGET_WORKAROUND=1 -DINCLUDE_TBI_SUPPORT -DINCLUDE_[/ref]
5701_AX_FIX=1 
b57um.o b57um.c In file 

Start here. You *REALLY* need to update to a more modern kernel, preferably
the 2.4.20-20 RPM based one from RedHat along with the kernel-source RPM to
match.

[Bernard]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 03:18:54 +0100, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:

 
>>
>> Thanks a lot for this link. I have downloaded drivers, but I can't
>> compile/install any of them. I am not a specialist, and, when compiling
>> a program using the makefiles that are provided, if nothing goes wrong,
>> I have no problem. However, when something is not right, I am not
>> likely to know what to do. So, whether I try installing this driver,
>> here is what it says:
>>
>> ************************************************** ******************
>> [rootPCDEBREIL src]# make
>> gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -DDBG=0 -DT3_JUMBO_RCV_RCB_ENTRY_COUNT=256
>> -DNICE_SUPPORT -DPCIX_TARGET_WORKAROUND=1 -DINCLUDE_TBI_SUPPORT
>> -DINCLUDE_[/ref]
> 5701_AX_FIX=1 
> b57um.o b57um.c In file 
>
> Start here. You *REALLY* need to update to a more modern kernel,
> preferably the 2.4.20-20 RPM based one from RedHat along with the
> kernel-source RPM to match.[/ref]

OK, I start to acknowledge the fact that I am not likely to save compiling
a new kernel. I still hope I won't have to upgrade the whole distro... Is
kernel 2.4.20-20 compatible with RH 7.2 ? Does it run nicely and smoothly
? Where am I to find it to download ? Since RedHat no longer carry any
support, I don't know where to find kernel sources and headers, and my
investigations on Fedora never lead anywhere...

Do you think that kernel 2.4.20-20 include direct support for this
ethernet driver, or for the tg3 driver (which is supposed to work too) ?

Thanks in advance for your help



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Bernard DEBREIL

[Bernard]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:18:50 +0100, Vwakes wrote:
 
>
> Did you try google?
>
> http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11692_div/11692_div.HTML
>
> There is support for this driver for 2.2 and 2.4 linux kernels.[/ref]

Yes, the doc says that the driver is compatible for linux kernels 2.2.x
and 2.4.X... but still, I can't get it to work... 

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Bernard DEBREIL

[Nico]

"Bernard DEBREIL" <fr> wrote in message
news:fr... 
> > 5701_AX_FIX=1 
> > b57um.o b57um.c In file 
> >
> > Start here. You *REALLY* need to update to a more modern kernel,
> > preferably the 2.4.20-20 RPM based one from RedHat along with the
> > kernel-source RPM to match.[/ref]
>
> OK, I start to acknowledge the fact that I am not likely to save compiling
> a new kernel. I still hope I won't have to upgrade the whole distro... Is
> kernel 2.4.20-20 compatible with RH 7.2 ? Does it run nicely and smoothly
> ? Where am I to find it to download ? Since RedHat no longer carry any
> support, I don't know where to find kernel sources and headers, and my
> investigations on Fedora never lead anywhere...[/ref]

Please re-read what I just said: "the 2.4.20-20 RPM based one from RedHat".
It's available at ftp.redhat.com and the FTP mirrors, such as
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/updates/7.2/en/os/.
 

I'm not positive, but I believe it includes such a plethora of more recent
drivers that you can only gain from it.