Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751271AbWEYVKq (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 17:10:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751280AbWEYVKq (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 17:10:46 -0400 Received: from jaguar.it.wsu.edu ([134.121.0.73]:45197 "EHLO jaguar.it.wsu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751272AbWEYVKp (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 17:10:45 -0400 Message-ID: <44761D45.3090407@sandall.us> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:10:29 -0700 From: Eric Sandall Organization: Source Mage GNU/Linux User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060427) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: b44 driver issues? References: <200605251919.00614.dj@david-web.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200605251919.00614.dj@david-web.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1682 Lines: 49 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Johnson wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop with a Broadcom BCM4401 network card which > uses the b44 driver. > > With recent kernels (I've tested with Ubuntu's 2.6.15, vanilla 2.6.16.18 and > 2.6.17-rc5) the driver loads without error but the interface isn't > registered. > > In dmesg: > b44.c:v1.00 (Apr 7, 2006) > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 177 > eth0: Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:11:43:7b:69:ae > > # ifconfig eth0 > eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found > > With Ubuntu's 2.6.12 kernel everything works as expected. I've not tried any > kernels between 2.6.12 and 2.6.15, but can do so if it'd be helpful. > > Anybody else having problems? I have it working fine with 2.6.15.6 and prior. The few 2.6.16 kernels I tested had it working as well. - -sandalle - -- Eric Sandall | Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer eric@sandall.us | http://www.sourcemage.org/ http://eric.sandall.us/ | SysAdmin @ Shock Physics @ WSU http://counter.li.org/ #196285 | http://www.shock.wsu.edu/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdh1EHXt9dKjv3WERAoDbAJ9xH/ZeQNwh5wTIt+QsurcNYH5NWgCfWc2r eyDrJxJpePYni4Yz8Gxzy7A= =NyXg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/