problem with the module bnx2

[Gerrard Geldenhuis]

Hi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kickstart-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:kickstart-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Wilson Felipe
> Sent: 25 April 2008 16:28
> To: kickstart-list at redhat.com
> Subject: problem with the module bnx2
> 
> hello,
> 
> We are starting to install redhat 5.1 and centos 5.1 in our
> environment, and it all went well until we tried with Dell machines
> (PE1950 and 860), which have network cards using bnx2 (using MSI). The
> problem is at the bnx2 module, we found out 2 way:
> 
> - using dhcp at pxe and at the boot:
> the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and stops at
> downloading the ks file, though it gets the ip from the dhcp, but the
> network link is never put up, but in messages it prints "the link
> becomes ready"
> 
> - using dhcp at pxe, and static ip at the boot
> the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and also stops at
> download the ks file, but after a few seconds, the links becomes ready
> and we can get the ks file and the installation goes all well
> 
> has anyone seen this behavior using bnx2?
> 

We use HP machines with bnx2(broadcom) and e1000(intel) nics and we have
not seen the same behaviour. Could it be switch related?

Regards