On 06/11/09 09:09, Tim Small wrote: > Fabio Catunda wrote: >> I installed a Debian lenny system and got no NIC support, that's ok, >> backports solved the problem after installing linux-image-2.6.30 and >> firmware-bnx2. >> >> The question now is that I need to run Xen on this machine, now I'm >> stuck. I need kernel version 2.6.30 to have my NIC working, but there is >> no kernel 2.6.30 with Xen support. > > 1. Get the NIC driver working on 2.6.26 > . This might be as simple as new firmware, or PCI-ids (i.e. no > recompliation needed), or might require back porting some changes from > 2.6.30 > . There is a bcm5700 source package in lenny that you can compile > with module-assistant, but I've no idea if this will support your chips > > 2. Install a different NIC card in the machine e.g. an Intel add-in card > - Intel provide good support for open source, unlike Broadcom's patchy > (and at times hostile) stance.
Uh oh, I'm about to configure a couple of racks of R410s with CentOS 5.4 - am I likely to have a problem with the NICs not being supported? R. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
