Hi Robin, Yes, this seems like a very common problem with this driver.
>From the console, give this test a try. $ modprobe -r tg3 $ modprobe tg3 See if it now exists... $ dmesg | tail $ ip a Lonnie On May 7, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Robin wrote: > ASTlinux-1.1.0-asterisk-11.2.1 Does Not Find Broadcom Gigabit NIC on > HPt5740e Thin Client (also tried astlinux-1.1.0-asterisk-1.8.20.1.img.gz). > > In all other respects it loads fine. But it isn't all that useful without an > ethernet connection. > > > Details: > > Image "astlinux-1.1.0-asterisk-11.2.1.img.gz" loaded fine with NO probs on > an HPt5730; that system is now up and switching calls. > > But in loading it on the t5740e (a newer, faster machine, with about twice > the core and flash) there was no access to the Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 > Gigabit NIC. (The 5740e Broadcom NIC worked fine with the stock OS, > Win7Embedded.) > > Here is the bootup greeting: > > | WARNING WARNING WARNING > | > | Device "eth0" does not exist. > | mDNS ADNAME is active. > | > | Welcome to AstLinux, Release: astlinux-1.1.0 - asterisk-11.2.1 > | > | System information (as of Tue May 7 12:29:53 UTC 2013) > | Hostname: pbx > | Domain: astlinux > | Linux: 2.6.35.14-astlinux > | RAM Memory: 1960 MB, Free 1833 MB > | > | Interface: eth0 (External) IPv$ Address: > | > | This is pbx (Linux i686 2.6.35.14-astlinux) 12:29:55 > | pbx login: > > > Other information: > > 1) Excerpt from dmesg: > > | e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver, 3.5.24-k2-NAPI > | e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation > | natsemi dp8381x driver, version 2.1, Sept 11, 2006 > | originally by Donald Becker <bec...@scyld.com> > | 2.4.x kernel port by Jeff Garzik, Tjeerd Mulder > | 8139too: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28 > | via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.4.3 2007-03-06 Written by Donald Becker > | VMware vmxnet3 virtual NIC driver - version 1.0.5.0-k-NAPI > | pcnet32: pcnet32.c:v1.35 21.Apr.2008 tsbog...@alpha.franken.de > | Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 8.0.35-NAPI > | Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Intel Corporation. > | e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 2.2.14-NAPI > | e1000e: Copyright(c) 1999 - 2012 Intel Corporation. > | ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver. > | tg3.c:v3.110 (April 9, 2010) > | tg3 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > | tg3 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 > | tg3 mdio bus: probed > | tg3 0000:04:00.0: No PHY devices > | tg3 0000:04:00.0: Problem fetching invariants of chip, aborting > | tg3 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A disabled > | dahdi: Telephony Interface Registered on major 196 > | dahdi: Version: 2.6.1 > (end) > > > 2) Excerpt from lspci: > > | 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit > Ethernet PCIe (rev 01) > > > 3) Excerpt from lspci -k: > > | 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit > Ethernet PCIe (rev 01) > | Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device 9692 > | Kernel modules: tg3 > > > 4) Excerpt from lspci -nn: > > | 04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM57780 > Gigabit Ethernet PCIe [14e4:1692] (rev 01) > > > 5) Excerpts from modinfo tg3: > > | filename: /lib/modules/2.6.35.14-astlinux/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko > | firmware: tigon/tg3_tso.bin > | firmware: tigon/tg3.bin > | version: 3.110 > | license: GPL > | description: Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet driver > | author: David S. Miller (da...@redhat.com) and Jeff Garzik > (jgar...@pobox.com) > | srcversion: D6C3DE47201009F240729B0 > | alias: pci:v0000106Bd00001645sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > | > | > | alias: pci:v000014E4d00001644sv*sd*bc*sc*i* > | depends: libphy > | vermagic: 2.6.35.14-astlinux SMP preempt mod_unload modversions > 586MMX > | parm: tg3_debug:Tigon3 bitmapped debugging message enable value > (int) > > > 6) Excerpt from modprobe -l: > > | > | kernel/drivers/net/natsemi.ko > | kernel/drivers/net/ns83820.ko > | kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko > | kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko > | kernel/drivers/net/skge.ko > | > > > 7) tg (complete): > > | # These modules get modprobe'd when the system starts up. > | rtc > | #Comment out the modules you don't need, and change the order to > | #move eth0 to eth1, etc. > | #Ethernet support > | #10/100 first, then Gigabit > | 3c59x > | typhoon > | tulip > | e100 > | natsemi > | forcedeth > | 8139too > | via-rhine > | via-velocity > | vmxnet3 > | pcnet32 > | acenic > | e1000 > | e1000e > | ns83820 > | r8168 > | r8169 > | tg3 > | skge > > > I tried to troubleshoot this on line of course, and that turned up a problem > of a remarkably similar nature: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=BCM57780 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533524 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525966 > > > None of their "solutions," which seem more like Band-Aids, worked for me. > > The t5740e's are nice, clean, machines; and it would be very nice be able to > run AST on them. > > Thank you and sincerely, > > Robin Marks, Manager, The Zebradun Ranch, San Luis Obispo, CA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > their applications. 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