Re: [rhn-users] Missing module bcm5700.o

[Edson Manners <emanners realprod acns fsu edu>]

On Tuesday 25 March 2003 02:51 pm, Erik McCormick wrote:
> I've pinged Redhat support about this twice so far, and the best I've
> gotten out of them was a link to rpmfind.net.  I'm running RH7.2 on
> Compaq (HP) Proliant DL360 G2 servers with Broadcom 5700 Gigabit
> Ethernet NICs.  Up until kernel 2.4.18-19, the module bcm5700.o was
> included with the Kernel.  After that it disappeared.  I've managed to
> build the driver from HP and install it, but I've got to do this every
> time I update the kernel.  This is becoming a major nuisance since the
> Kernel updates have been coming fast and furious as of late.
>
> I'm trying to find a way to either a) convey to Redhat that this needs
> to get put back into the distribution, or b) simplify the deployment
> process so I don't have to go through the whole build process each time
> I upgrade the Kernel.
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Erik

I had this very same problem. In the end I had to upgrade a production system 
i order to keep up with kernel updates. I updated from 7.2 to 7.3 and the 
problem mysteriously went away.



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Edson Manners
Academic Computing and Network Systems
Florida State University