On 26 August 2010 10:19, Markus Neteler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > 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) Markus, The most precise way of determining exactly which driver is required for a particular device is via the Vendor:Device ID Pairing (a.k.a. the device fingerprint). In you particular case, above, I would be interested in seeing the output returned by -- /sbin/lspci -n | grep -E '03:00.0|07:00.0|08:00.0' I would then use the technique, as shown in FAQ #4 at http://elrepo.org/tiki/FAQ -- grep -i VendorID /lib/modules/*/modules.alias | grep -i DeviceID Hope this helps. Alan.
