Well I found Q. 22 (& the corresponding reply) in http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianInstallerFAQ
Note that this says: "Now this has mostly been resolved with a version of the driver that does not contain such firmware and should work with *most* cards" (my emphasis). Apparently my cards are just not among the "most"... *sigh* Is there any solution? On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:41:07 +0200, "dr.bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, did I forget to mention that I grabbed a copy of the firmware files > (http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/debian/) > and after putting them on the system, warnings from the driver about > firmware went away. But the NICs still don't work, even though > no errors are being reported (see my dmesg & ifconfig output). > > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:15:49 -0600, Stephen Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 17:51 +0200, dr.bob wrote: > > > Using the current netinstall image for debian-amd64.. > > > The system is a dual xeon server by Fujitsu-SIemens, the installer > > > selected kernel 2.6.8-10-em64t-p4. > > > Installed the base system successfully, cannot get the network to > operate > > :( > > > > > > The system has 2 BCM5721 NICs, as reported by lspci -v: > > > > I suspect this is an issue with the non-free firmware having been > > removed from the tg3 driver. Good luck with that. I emailed Broadcom > > awhile back asking if they could GPL the firmware, but obviously they > > didn't... > > > > -s > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
