AS3.0 - bcm5700 vs tg3 drivers

[Rick Stevens]

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.

The Broadcom drivers are available on their website.

> 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.

I don't know how good the tg3 is on AS3, but I don't think Red Hat will
support you if you don't use it.

If you must have the newer bcm drivers and can't find them on Broadcom's
site, I can post them on ftp://ftp.rhil.net if you wish.
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