On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 20:08, Denice <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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'.
I will try that tomorrow.
> 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?
This one I compiled and installed today:
[root@fep ~]# lsmod | grep nx
nx_nic 254444 0
bnx2 216653 0
[root@fep ~]# modinfo nx_nic
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.18-194.11.1.el5/extra/hp-nx_nic/driver/nx_nic.ko
version: 4.0.526
license: GPL
description: HP Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Network Driver
author: Copyright (C) 2003 - 2008 NetXen, Inc.
srcversion: 553C912BA2B4BCD8C257DED
...
regards,
Markus
> 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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