Re: Question about my Ethernet Cards

["Boxuan Gu" <boxuan@gmail.com>]

Hello,

When I opened "/usr/src/linux_2_6_26/drivers/net/Kconfig", I found the
following:

config TIGON3
       tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support"
       depends on BROKEN
       depends on PCI

I don't know what does "BROKEN" mean. I couldn't find where to set BROKEN.

I removed "depends on BROKEN" and then executed "make menuconfig", I
could find the option for tg3. However, during the building of the
kernel, there were many comoiling errors for  tg3.c. I think some
symbols in tg3.c depend on other source files.

Could you please tell me why? What does "BROKEN mean" ?  How can I
solve this problem? Thank you very much!

Boxuan

On 1/12/09, Boxuan Gu <boxuan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, all,
>
> I am using Debian lenny Linux Operating system.
>
> I am using the source code of linux kernel 2.6.26 (the patch level is
> 12) to build a kernel image
> Now, I am just using the source codes without my modification.
> However, After booting from this image, I find that my Ethernet card
> doesn't work.
> when I use "lspci", I can find that my ethernet card is:
>
> 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M
> Fast Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
>
> I can't find my wired Ethernet card by using "ifconfig -a" . I don't know
> why.
>
> I have checked my config file for Broadcom BCM5906M and I couldn't
> find the option to add this Ethernet card.
>
> In addition, my wireless Ethernet card doesn't work too.. My wireless card
> is
> Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02).
>
> However, when I use the kernel image built by debian  (Linux version
> 2.6.26-1-686 (Debian 2.6.26-12) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3
> 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-24)) #1 SMP Mon Dec 1
> 5 18:15:07 UTC 2008,)
> I find that everything is ok except my wireless card.
>
> Why the kernel image built by me doesn't support my wired Ethernet card ?
> How to make my wireless card work in kernel 2.6.26?  Thank you very much!
>
> The attached please find my config for building kernel. Thank you very much!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Boxuan
>


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Boxuan Gu