broadcom BCM5700 2.6 kernel (tg3 module)
Hi all,
I have been working 12/7 for 2 weeks and 5 days on this problem with the
help of #debian irc chat. My problem is I can't get my server ( HP DL140)
with Broadcom BCM1504 nics to work with a 2.6 kernel of any kind. It is a
dual XEON 2.4 with 2 gig of ddr ecc ram (if that matters). I have tried all
of the apt-get kernel-images for 2.6 and non of them work. I would keep my
2.4.26 smp kernel (it works great with the nics using the tg3 module) but
it's load balancing effecicny is very very bad. Instead of 4 processes
using 5% making each cpu load 10%, it has 20% on one processor. It wont
give any load to second processor till the first one is full. I am running
gaming servers with this server, and if the gaming servers on the processor
is at anything above 85% will lag and become unplayable. I know that it can
do perfect load balacing (if at least 2 proccess are using cpu) becuase my
dual p3 runs awsome (and better then these xeons as of now).
Ok well, the 2.6 kernel works GREAT, except for that I can't get the
BroadCom nics to work. I have read a few times that they took the tg3 out
of 2.6 or something. I have tried over 30 times compiling my own kernel,
making tg3 a module, putting it into the kernel, trying the wolk patches
that have updated to the bcm5700 modules. Nothing works.
When im in 2.4 kernel I get this when I go lspci
Xeon:/# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge (rev 32)
0000:00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge
0000:00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev
27)
0000:00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks CSB6 South Bridge (rev a0)
0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB6 RAID/IDE Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks CSB6 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05)
0000:00:0f.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCLE-2 Host Bridge
0000:00:10.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-E I/O Bridge with Gigabit
Ethernet (r
ev 12)
0000:00:10.2 Host bridge: ServerWorks CIOB-E I/O Bridge with Gigabit
Ethernet (r
ev 12)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704
Gigabit
Ethernet (rev 02)
0000:02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704
Gigabit
Ethernet (rev 02)
Notice the BroadCom netXtreme BCM5704. And remember that thats the 2.4
kernel that has the nics that work. now the 2.6 kenel doesnt have those 2
last Broadcom controllers!?!!! I dont understand why. It has everything
else though.
Now here is lsmod for 2.4 (if this can help at all)
Xeon:/# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
af_packet 15016 1 (autoclean)
usb-ohci 20008 0 (unused)
usbcore 66636 1 [usb-ohci]
ide-scsi 10576 0
scsi_mod 97764 1 [ide-scsi]
tg3 53740 1
ide-cd 32512 0
cdrom 29472 0 [ide-cd]
rtc 7784 0 (autoclean)
ext3 86216 2 (autoclean)
jbd 46744 2 (autoclean) [ext3]
ide-detect 288 0 (autoclean) (unused)
serverworks 8412 1 (autoclean)
ide-disk 17184 4 (autoclean)
ide-core 114940 4 (autoclean) [ide-scsi ide-cd ide-detect
server
works ide-disk]
unix 17324 3 (autoclean)
Xeon:/#
I could not get the lspci and lsmod from the 2.6 becuase its not on the
network and I couldnt copy and past it from putty. IF YOU DO NEED IT
THOUGH I WILL TYPE IT OUT JUST LET ME KNOW.
if you have any ideas WHAT SO EVER please let me know asap, this server is
supposed to be in a colocation in about 12 hours, but if its not ready Im
going to have to push it back. THANKS TWEAK / Bill and Bill2 on
#debian.
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