On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Markus Neteler wrote:
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 16:37, Connie Sieh <[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Markus Neteler wrote:
Hi,
I hoped to find the NetXen driver in SL 5.5 but it does not seem to be in
Linux fep 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Aug 10 16:39:28 EDT 2010
Why do you think it is not in 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5?
Because the network card is not recognized (ifconfig does not show
it). A few minutes ago I found a driver (SRPM) on the HP site
which I compiled and installed. After restarting the network service
the network card (eth2 in my case) is shown.
I would be glad to avoid own driver compilation, but I don't know
how to activate the network card without it. If this is RTFM, please
point me to the document.
thanks
Markus
The driver is there - and so should have worked with a 'modprobe netxen_nic'.
At least this is the driver that this card used at SL4.
$ cd /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.11.1.el5xen/kernel/drivers/net/netxen
$ /sbin/modinfo netxen_nic.ko |head
filename: netxen_nic.ko
version: 4.0.11
license: GPL
description: NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Network Driver
srcversion: 6CE4811FBC6BE84DA977BD8
We use the NetXen/QLogic driver instead - but you have to compile it.
It provides a driver named nx_nic instead of the above netxen_nic,
which you may have to blacklist. Did the HP download provide you with
a driver named nx_nic, or netxen_nic?
cheers,
Denice
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The network card is this:
lspci | grep NetX
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708
Gigabit Ethernet (rev 12)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: NetXen Incorporated NXB-10GCX4 10-Gigabit
Ethernet PCIe Adapter with CX4 copper interface (rev 25)
Should I obtain a driver SRPM and compile myself or is there a
better way?
thanks in advance,
Markus
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