Problem in detecting the network cards on RH

[Margaret Doll]

Thanks, George.  Looks like we do need an update.
Thanks, everyone.



On Dec 2, 2009, at 3:47 PM, George Magklaras wrote:

> 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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