On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Michel Jouvin wrote:
> Not sure about what is 5271 exactly. But we just worked out a problem with
> last 57xx (PCI Express based) generation (on an IBM x326m) on SL4.2.
> Basically we just added the driver to initrd.
>
> I made one test with SL 3.05 this morning, using the same workaround, but I
> didn't succeed. I had not time to troubleshoot this problem, may be just a
> mistake when updating initrd or building the driver.
>
> Michel
>
> --On mardi 7 mars 2006 21:16 +0100 Thomas Kress <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> does anybody know whether the Broadcom 5721 NIC is supported by the Tigon
>> tg3 driver from the SL3.0.5. (if not, what what about S.L.4.2 ?)
Yes, it is supported by tg3 module both in 3.0.X and 4.X.
On a Super Micro motherbord here:
lxfs74:~ # uname -a
Linux lxfs74.jinr.ru 2.4.21-37.0.1.EL.cernsmp #1 SMP Mon Jan 23 11:55:58
CET 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
lxfs74:~ # lspci -v | grep -iA 8 broad
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc: Unknown device 02c6
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at d0100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3
Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] #10 [0001]
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc: Unknown device 02c6
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
Memory at d0200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3
Enable-
Capabilities: [d0] #10 [0001]
>> *initial* driver (to avoid the creation of a new ramdisk for a Quattor
>> installation) ?
>>
>> For me Broadcom NICs 570x usually work fine with tg3 but current
>> mainboards now come with the model 5721.
>>
>> Is there some experience in the performance of tg3 compared to the
>> firmware Broadcom driver (supports NAPI) for data servers ?
572[123] is not capable to work with jumbo frames, tested with td3 and
bcm5700 modules.
>>
>> Do I have to expect problems when a NIC is connected via PCIe for SL3.0.5
>> / 4.2 ?
>>
>> Thanks for your help in advance,
>> Greetings, Thomas.
>>
>> --
>> Mit besten Gren/With kind regards,
>>
>> Thomas Kress, RWTH Aachen, III. Physikal. Institut, Lehrstuhl B
>> Office: 28-A-206, Phone: +49/(0)241/80-27281, Fax: .../80-22244,
>> Email: [log in to unmask] ; [log in to unmask]
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