On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:28:40 +0200, "Uwe A. P. Wuerdinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dr.bob schrieb: > > 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? [snip]
OK the rundown so far is that the very same chip (BCM5721) apparently works OK with the tg3 module provided (for instance) with fedora core 2 (v.2.6.x) kernels, while it refuses to cooperate with debian's version of the same-- in particular, the one provided on the current amd64 netinstall image. Wouldn't this merit a bug report? Unfortunately I had no luck stealing a binary of the module from other distro's packages: even when all of arch, kernel & gcc versions agree, unresolved symbols remain so even modprobe -v -f tg3 fails. Seems that other debian patches applied to the kernel prevent this trick from working. Thanks for all the helpful (and somewhat obvious) suggestions I've received, the (slight) problem with them is that it's somewhat clumsy to put a load of software, including kernel sources and a build environment, on a machine with no working ethernet. Sure that given enough time it's doable via cdr's or a spare (debian-supported) NIC, and that's what i'll end up doing --too bad that due to debian's lack of support for the BCM5721, what should have been a half-hour's task become a half-day's (at best, accounting for the required research) chore :( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
