redhat-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 59

[JSquire at certus.co.nz]

Hi,

thanks for the response Tim.

sorry, should have been more clearer - that is exactly what i am trying to 
do but when running rpm -bb SPECS/bcm5700.spec i get "SPEC/bcm5700.spec: 
No such file or directory" same for running rpm -bb SPECS/basplnx.spec. i 
am running both of these commands from /usr/src/redhat and both .spec 
files exist under /usr/src/redhat/SPECS - even tried using the full path 
but still the same:
[root at LINAPPP01 redhat]# pwd
/usr/src/redhat
[root at LINAPPP01 redhat]# ls
SOURCES  SPECS
[root at LINAPPP01 redhat]# ls SPECS/
basplnx.spec  bcm5700.spec
[root at LINAPPP01 redhat]# rpm -bb SPECS/bcm5700.spec
SPECS/bcm5700.spec: No such file or directory
[root at LINAPPP01 redhat]# rpm -bb SPECS/basplnx.spec
SPECS/basplnx.spec: No such file or directory
[root at LINAPPP01 redhat]# rpm -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/bcm5700.spec
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS/bcm5700.spec: No such file or directory
[root at LINAPPP01 redhat]# rpm -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/basplnx.spec
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS/basplnx.spec: No such file or directory
[root at LINAPPP01 redhat]#

is it possible that there are some dependencies that are not installed 
causing this error - the docs do not indicate that there are any 
dependencies.

as an alternative i tried the bcm5700 driver that comes with the base OS - 
this driver is allready installed but fails insmod reporting "No such 
device".

have also read that with Redhat 8 the kudzu files containing PCI vendor 
and device info need to be patched - is this also true for RHEL ES 2.1? Is 
it possible that the NICs are'nt being detected as Broadcom NICs and 
therefore reporting "No such device". How can I find out what NICs the OS 
thinks are installed?

we were planning on running the updates at a later stage after some 
initial testing - think I'll do that now and then try again.






Message: 1
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:10:46 -0400
From: Tim Pickard <tpickard at crossref.org>
Subject: RE: bcm5700 and basp
To: "'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
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You need to download and install the src rpms from broadcom.com for the
BCM570x and BASP module.  Then you can do the rpmbuild -bb.  Then install
the RPM.

Once that is done, you can install the module and configure teaming.

Alternatively, you can upgrade the kernel to 2.4.2x and use the installed
TG3 drivers with "bonding".

Tim

Tim Pickard
Systems Support Analyst and Administrator
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Lynnfield, MA  01940
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tpickard at crossref.org

  -----Original Message-----
  From: JSquire at certus.co.nz [mailto:JSquire at certus.co.nz]
  Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 12:35 AM
  To: redhat-list at redhat.com
  Subject: bcm5700 and basp



  Hi,

  Still a bit of a newbie ....

  I am trying to install BASP on an IBM HS20 Blade running RHEL ES 2.1 
which
requires the bcm5700 driver.

  Firstly, when running "rpm -bb SPEC/basplnx.spec" from /usr/src/redhat/ 
I
get "SPEC/basplnx.spec: No such file or directory". Is this because the
wrong drivers are installed? lsmod shows tg3 - not bcm5700.

  Secondly, TG3 and bcm5700 comes with RHEL ES 2.1. I can rmmod tg3 but 
when
I insmod bcm5700 I get:
  "/lib/modules/2.4.9-e.24/kernel/drivers/addon/bcm5700/bcm5700.o:
init_module : No such device" - and yes I have double checked the Broadcom
NIC's are installed ......  ;o)

  I only have the base OS installed - no updates/patches yet (we do plan 
on
patching the OS later). I have seen some threads in this list about 
creating
a boot.img with bcm5700 for Redhat 9 but seeing that it comes with the 
RHEL
ES base and that it is allready installed assume this approach is 
redundant.

  Would appreciate any help.

  Thanks in advance.




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