topic Re: bcm5700 Module in Operating System - Linux

bcm5700 Module

Harstad — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:13:24 GMT

Hi

In a system,,we are using the "bcm5700".
The ethX is configured in the /etc/modules.conf as:
options bcm5700 line_speed=100 full_duplex=1 auto_speed=0
Executing the mii-tool is configured as FD too.

Is this correct configuration in order to keep it in case of system reboot??

thanks

Re: bcm5700 Module

Alexander Chuzhoy — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:35:25 GMT

generally it looks OK, can't you reboot the machine-the best check.There can always be some hardware/software issue...

Re: bcm5700 Module

Claudio Cilloni — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:38:20 GMT

It seems ok to me... maybe a planned reboot could be a good idea. Just to check if all works well.

Ciao
Claudio

Re: bcm5700 Module

Huc_1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:59:17 GMT

Looks, good, but always best to plan reboot then to check/find out the hard way that it fails ! "as mention there could be lots of hardware/software problems" on you system but also with external hardware... in short try it out

J-P

Re: bcm5700 Module

Ragu_1 — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:56:59 GMT

You should give the `alias eth0 bcm5700' before the options line to load the module. One need not boot the machine to change NIC interface modules. Ifconfig the NIC device down and rmmod the old module. Modprobe the new module and run mii-tool to check if all is well, after doing an `ifconfig eth0 up'. This applies if you have console access, do not try it on a remote server!