On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 16:37, Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Markus Neteler wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I hoped to find the NetXen driver in SL 5.5 but it does not seem to be in
>> Linux fep 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 10 16:39:28 EDT 2010
>
> Why do you think it is not in 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5?

Because the network card is not recognized (ifconfig does not show
it). A few minutes ago I found a driver (SRPM) on the HP site
which I compiled and installed. After restarting the network service
the network card (eth2 in my case) is shown.

I would be glad to avoid own driver compilation, but I don't know
how to activate the network card without it. If this is RTFM, please
point me to the document.

thanks
Markus

> -Connie Sieh
>
>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> The network card is this:
>>
>> lspci  | grep NetX
>> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708
>> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12)
>> 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708
>> Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12)
>> 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: NetXen Incorporated NXB-10GCX4 10-Gigabit
>> Ethernet PCIe Adapter with CX4 copper interface (rev 25)
>>
>> Should I obtain a driver SRPM and compile myself or is there a
>> better way?
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Markus
>>
>>
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