Hi,
here is what lspci says about my NIC:
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit
Ethernet (rev 03)
Looking in the changelog I see:
[ Bastian Blank ]
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* Remove binary only firmwares for:
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- Broadcom Tigon3 support
Indeed, the blob that was in tg3.c is gone.
and in the same changelog:
[ Bastian Blank ]
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* Add stable release 2.6.23.5:
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- TG3: Fix performance regression on 5705.
I'd like to ask a few questions:
1) will I need the firmware blob to make my NIC work?
2) If so, how can I tell whether or not I need the firmware?
3) Does the package bcm5700-source contain the appropriate firmware?
4) If not, will there be another non-free package containing the firmware?
Thanks a lot.
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Ludovic Brenta.
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