Hi Lonnie,
Thanks for the digging and research.
After adding bnx2 to /etc/rc.modules and restarting AstLinux, there was an
error "Direct firmware load failed with error -2." followed by "falling back to
user helper" and then "can't load firmware file bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw"
This happened twice for each NIC. After that and a series of "Sending
discover..." messages, the network never came up.
I need to step away from this for a little while right now but this is looking
a little more hopeful than before. Perhaps I'll have better fortune tomorrow
when I can spend some time working on it.
Thanks,
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 8:07pm
To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" <astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Ethernet Driver
Hi Dan,
# ls -l /lib/modules/3.16.47-astlinux/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/
total 292
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 90248 Sep 23 15:14 bnx2.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 201184 Sep 23 15:14 tg3.ko
# modinfo bnx2 | grep '^description'
description: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706/5708/5709/5716 Driver
So add "bnx2" to your /etc/rc.modules and give that a try.
Though getting an Intel PCIe NIC card is not a bad idea :-)
Lonnie
On Oct 2, 2017, at 5:39 PM, d...@ryson.org wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm trying my hand at running AstLinux as a VM under Proxmox. My first effort
> used bridged Ethernet as detailed in the AstLinux Documentation, which
> appeared to work fine.
>
> In the effort to pull defeat from the jaws of success, I subsequently changed
> the configuration to use PCI Passthrough and "directly" connect two NICs to
> AstLinux. In addition to improving host machine security, I hoped that this
> configuration might present a more sensible and consistent MAC address to my
> ISP's finicky modem. (I have to call them for an intervention whenever my MAC
> address changes.)
>
> Despite the fact that I don't know what I'm doing, the AstLinux VM is running
> and lspci shows both adapters. However, it doesn't appear to be loading a
> driver. Or, for whatever reason, AstLinux isn't seeing either NIC.
>
> The adapters are "Broadcom Limited NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev
> 20)." At first I thought the tg3 (Broadcom) driver might be suitable so I
> added "tg3" to the modules.rc file. That didn't help. I've since seen that
> QLogic acquired this product line a few years ago, so perhaps tg3 no longer
> supports these products.
>
> If necessary, I can drive to Micro Center on the way home from work and buy
> an Intel NIC. However, I'd rather use the hardware I have if possible.
>
> I'd appreciate your thoughts.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
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