Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver for SLES 10 - ThinkServer RD120

Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver for SLES 10 - ThinkServer RD120

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Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver for SLES 10 - ThinkServer RD120

3.79KB
1.7.6b

Linux

29 Sep 2008
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Description

Broadcom NetXtreme II Driver for SLES 10

Compatible Devices

This package installs drivers for NetXtreme II BCM570x-based Gigabit Ethernet on the following systems:

  • ThinkServer RD120 (type 6444, 6445, 6446, 6447)

What's More

This file describes the bnx2 Linux driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706/BCM5708/
5709 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps PCI/PCI-X/PCIE Ethernet Network Controller.

The current version of the driver has been tested on 2.4.x kernels starting from 2.4.24
and all 2.6.x kernels. The driver may not compile on kernels older than 2.4.24. Testing
is concentrated on i386 and x86_64 architectures.

Note: Configured with the following operating systems:

  • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10
  • SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 x64

Additional Information:

Click here to install the package using YAST client

Downloading the package

Download the packages from the links below:

Package name
i586
brcm-bnx2-kmp-bigsmp-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.i586.rpm Download now
brcm-bnx2-kmp-debug-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.i586.rpm Download now
brcm-bnx2-kmp-default-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.i586.rpm Download now
brcm-bnx2-kmp-smp-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.i586.rpm Download now
brcm-bnx2-kmp-xen-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.i586.rpm Download now
brcm-bnx2-kmp-xenpae-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.i586.rpm Download now
x64
brcm-bnx2-kmp-debug-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.x86_64.rpm Download now
brcm-bnx2-kmp-default-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.x86_64.rpm Download now
brcm-bnx2-kmp-smp-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.x86_64.rpm Download now
brcm-bnx2-kmp-xen-1.7.6b_2.6.16.46_0.12-0.x86_64.rpm Download now


Installing the package
  1. unpackage the FixID into it's own directory
  2. run './install.sh --update'.

Note: If a compatible version is found in the fixid but the OS vendor already includes a version of the driver, the script will not install the device driver. The OS version can be overridden with an invocation of './install.sh --update --override'.

Uninstalling the package

After successfully installing a device driver using IBM's driver tools, there will be a corresponding entry in the RPM database.

  1. Query the RPM database for 'genericnetworkdriver' with: 'rpm -qa | grep genericnetworkdriver'.
  2. This should output something similar to: 'ibm-genericnetworkdriver_for_2.6.12_55.EL-smp- 1.0_2.6.12_31.EL'.
  3. Enter 'rpm -e ibm-genericnetworkdriver_for_2.6.12_55.EL-smp- 1.0_2.6.12_31.EL' to remove the device driver
Limitation

You need to have Perl, rpm-build, and rpm-lib installed to use the installation scripts and its helper 'driver tool'. These are likely already installed, but if not, they can be found on the installation media for your Linux distribution.

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Alias Id: MIGR-70637

Last Modified Date: 02 Jul 2015

Original Publish Date: 29 Sep 2008

Document ID: DS000841

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