Re: unable to create bcm5700 driver!

[Marcel Weber <mmweber@ncpro.com>]

Amira Youssef schrieb:
> Hello,
>  
> I've installed the debian package bcm5700-source.deb and it has created 
> 2 dir:
>  
> debian --> contains some changelog, control, rules files
> src --> contains Makefile, bcm* files
>  
> when I follow Broadcom readme file and make the driver it creates a 
> faulty one with lots of undefined symbols.
>  
> Should I make use of the debian dir.?
>  
>  
> I'm running Woody 2.4.18-1-686-smp
>  
> Note: couldn't locate tg3 source and couldn't install kernel 2.4.27
>  

Hi Amira

I used these bcm5700 drivers for quite a long time on two proliant ml 
350 servers, but recently I switched to a newer kernel than the 2.4.18, 
which supports the broadcom chips natively. It's a 2.4.27 from 
www.backports.org. Use the trigon "tg3" module which runs flawlessly 
with most broadcom gigabit chips.

All you need to do is adding the following line to your 
/etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://www.backports.org/debian stable kernel-image-2.4.27-i386


Unless you prefer compiling you're own kernel, of course.

Regards

Marcel