AS3.0 - bcm5700 vs tg3 drivers

Bob McClure Jr robertmcclure at earthlink.net
Tue Feb 24 16:44:37 UTC 2004


On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 08:11:28AM -0800, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> I've been trying to build a bcm5700 driver for AS3.0.  I get an error
> that, in the past, meant the driver wasn't meant for running with my
> particular kernel, even if it runs on the 2.4x kernel.
> 
> I can't find a bcm5700 driver anywhere so far (started on
> www.broadcom.com and fanned out to their OEM distributers), I only find
> the tg3.

Did you look here:

http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/downloaddrivers.php

> Is the tg3 driver better in AS3.0?  I know in the Redhat 8.0 days, from
> which AS 3.0 was based, the bcm5700 was the preferred driver due to less
> bugs, better reliability, etc.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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