strange bnx2 dkms behaviour.

[Fajar A. Nugraha]

Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> Fajar A. Nugraha a écrit :
>   
>> Guillaume Rousse wrote:
>>     
>>> So, I created a patch to update the three files from standard linux
>>> 2.6.18 tree (bnx2.c, bnx2_fw.h, bnx2.h) to the versions from the tarball
>>> also found at http://linux.dell.com/files/bnx2/xen-fix/. It build
>>> perfectly, modinfo bnx2 correctly returns the expected version
>>> (1.4.51b), but it doesn't fix the issue: as soon as xen launches, the
>>> network card turns non-functional :(
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> May I ask why you're not using version 1.5.10c?
>>     
> First, because I didn't find any source tarball, nor dkms package for it
>   
You can try my local RPM
http://yum.telkom.net.id/dkms/dkms-bnx2-1.5.10c-1.fan.noarch.rpm
It's created from source package on Broadcom's site
> Second, because trying to build it against 2.6.18 kernel (the one from
> xen 3.1) failed, because of subsequent kernel changes. Being not enough
> familiar with kernel coding, I prefered the safe way.
>   

Eh? How come it failed? I'm using it on RHEL5/xen, also with kernel
2.6.18. It builds and loads perfectly with dkms. Admittedly, I haven't
try using it to replace kernel's source files directly. I also noticed
that there's another file on this version, bnx2_fw2.h, that you didn't
mention. You might want to give it a try.

Regards,

Fajar

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