problem with the module bnx2
Robert Lazzurs
rob at lazzurs.net
Mon May 5 11:24:41 UTC 2008
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Wilson Felipe <wfelipe at gmail.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> We are starting to install redhat 5.1 and centos 5.1 in our
> environment, and it all went well until we tried with Dell machines
> (PE1950 and 860), which have network cards using bnx2 (using MSI). The
> problem is at the bnx2 module, we found out 2 way:
>
> - using dhcp at pxe and at the boot:
> the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and stops at
> downloading the ks file, though it gets the ip from the dhcp, but the
> network link is never put up, but in messages it prints "the link
> becomes ready"
>
> - using dhcp at pxe, and static ip at the boot
> the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and also stops at
> download the ks file, but after a few seconds, the links becomes ready
> and we can get the ks file and the installation goes all well
>
> has anyone seen this behavior using bnx2?
I have seen similar behavour with some of the HP DL360's. I found
that updating the bnx2 driver to the latest version from the broadcom
site resolved this issue.
I also filed a bug asking RedHat to upgrade the version of the driver,
which is quite behind.
If required I am sure I can pass you the default initrd.img with the
updated driver.
Kind regards.
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