Problem in detecting the network cards on RH

[George Magklaras]

Yeap, and here is the RedHat release notes that state that:

tg3: updated to version 3.86. This update enables support for BroadCom 
5761 and 5784 devices.

here:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.2/html/Release_Notes/ia64/ar01s04.html

GM

George Magklaras wrote:
> lspci cannot resolve driver issues, it reads the device IDs on the bus 
> and then reports what it finds.
> 
> As far as I can remember, Broadcom 5761 support was updated in RHEL 5.2 
> and your kernel is older than that. Have a look here:
> 
> http://oss.oracle.com/el5/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-U2-en.html#Kernel_and_Driver_Updates 
> 
> 
> I think the earliest kernel you should be running is at least 
> kernel-2.6.18-92.x
> 
> BTW, it is possible to compile from sources and have the drivers on your 
> current kernel included, but if you can RHN update the machine, that 
> would be better.
> 
> GM
> 

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