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 ?)
> *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 ?
>
> 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 Grüßen/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,
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