Re: [SLE] Broadcom NIC cards (bcm57xx) = DEVIL

From: Alexandr Malusek (Alexandr.Malusek_at_imv.liu.se)
Date: 11/17/04

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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:12:28 +0100

    Ryan McCain <Ryan.McCain@dss.state.la.us> writes:

    > Broadcom NIC cards are the devil.

    There are problems with Ethernet network cards (PCI) in the 2.6 kernel
    in general.

    For instance now I'm compiling the 2.6.8-24 kernel from 9.2 to use
    with 9.1 because I haven't managed to get any of the following cards
    working on a dual CPU Tiger 230 T: 3c905B, 3c905C, Intel Ethernet Pro
    100 (e100) . Modules were loaded OK but ifconfig reported a large
    percentage of errors or the cards didn't work at all. Even the "safe
    kernel options" (acpi=off nosmp ...) didn't help.

    With 9.2 and "acpi=off apm=off barrier=off noapic" I get full speed
    but "acpi=off" means I cannot switch off the machines remotely.

    I think that Novell should publish a frequently updated compatibility
    list with workarounds till 2.6 stabilizes. The hardware database
    doesn't help much since these problems probably appear with some
    chipsets only. 

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A.M.
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