Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 42)

Linux Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57XX User Guide
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versions can be compiled by modifying the Makefile and the make environment. Further information is available from the Red
Hat website,
http://www.redhat.com .
To create the driver disk, select the appropriate image file (located in tg3_sup-version.tar.gz) and type the following:
dd if=<version>.dd.img of=/dev/fd0
Patching PCI Files (Optional)
For hardware detection utilities such as Red Hat kudzu to properly identify tg3 supported devices, a number of files containing
PCI vendor and device information may need to be updated.
Apply the updates by running the scripts provided in the Supplemental tar file. For example, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
apply the updates by doing the following:
./patch_pcitbl.sh /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable pci.updates /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable.new
./patch_pciids.sh /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids pci.updates /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids.new
Next, the old files can be backed up and the new files can be renamed for use.
cp /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids /usr/share/hwdata/old.pci.ids
cp /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids.new /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids
cp /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable /usr/share/hwdata/old.pcitable
cp /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable.new /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable
NOTE: The paths above are for Red Hat distributions. These paths may be different on other distributions.
Unloading/Removing the TG3 Driver
Unloading/Removing the Driver from an RPM Installation
Removing the Driver from a TAR Installation
Unloading/Removing the Driver from an RPM Installation
To unload the driver, use ifconfig to bring down all ethX interfaces opened by the driver, and then type the following:
rmmod tg3
If the driver was installed using rpm, do the following to remove it:
rpm -e tg3-<version>
Removing the Driver from a TAR Installation
If the driver was installed using make install from the tar file, the tg3.o driver file has to be manually deleted from the
operating system. See
Installing the Source RPM Package for the location of the installed driver.
If there is an interface configuration that is related to the tg3 driver, then bring the interface down first by using ifconfig
ethx down and then rmod tg3.
Driver Messages
The following are the most common sample messages that may be logged in the /var/log/messages file. Use dmesg -nlevel
to control the level at which messages appear on the console. Most systems are set to level 6 by default.
Driver Sign on
tg3.c:version (date)
NIC Detected
eth#: Tigon3 [partno (BCM95xxx) rev 4202 PHY (57xx) (PCI Express) 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet
:00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
eth#: RXcsums [1] LinkChg REG [0] MIirq [0] ASF [0] Split [0] Wirespeed [1]TSOcap [1]
eth#: dma_rwctrl [76180000]
ACPI : PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0 [A] -> GSI 26 (level,low) -> IRQ 233
Flow Control