On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Markus Neteler wrote:

> 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


The driver is there - and so should have worked with a 'modprobe netxen_nic'.
At least this is the driver that this card used at SL4.

$ cd /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5xen/kernel/drivers/net/netxen
$ /sbin/modinfo netxen_nic.ko |head
filename:       netxen_nic.ko
version:        4.0.11
license:        GPL
description:    NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Network Driver
srcversion:     6CE4811FBC6BE84DA977BD8

We use the NetXen/QLogic driver instead - but you have to compile it.
It provides a driver named nx_nic instead of the above netxen_nic,
which you may have to blacklist.  Did the HP download provide you with
a driver named nx_nic, or netxen_nic?

cheers,
   Denice

>>> 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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