Robin, Option (1) is the only possibly solution, compiling the latest tg3 driver in the AstLinux build system.
The tg3 NIC does not seem to be very common in embedded boxes, the top three NIC drivers are e1000, e1000e, and r8168 which we already compile the latest drivers. However, I'll look into compiling the tg3 NIC from source since clearly the current tg3 version has lots of issues. We'll let you know if this works. Lonnie On May 17, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Robin wrote: > re: ASTlinux-1.1.0-asterisk-11.2.1 Does Not Find Broadcom Gigabit NIC on > HPt5740e Thin Client, part 3. > > > I hope you don't mind my resurrecting this thread after all this time, but > it took me that long to make a few more tests. > > As you might recall the problem is that the current ASTlinux release does > not recognize the Ethernet NIC (Broadcom BCM57780) built in to the HP T5740e > Thin Client. > > First, to answer Lonnie's question about cost effectiveness this box, I have > to say that it is not yet quite in the sweet spot. The T5730's are more > there: Mr. Lee Horton at "Intelli-Tech" (909-394-5188x215) had a pallet load > and was selling them one-at-a-time on eBay for ~$50, and they came with the > PCI expansion unit! (I fear they're all gone by now.) > > I have qty 2 T5740e's (w/ PCI slots, which I bought separately), and they > set me back about $200/ in new condition. But they are very nice; have about > twice the core and flash as the T5730's and come with Win7 embedded. > > However they are not compatible with ASTlinux because the "tg3" driver > complied into ASTlinux-1.1.0-asterisk-11.2.1 is ancient (tg3-3.110, > 2010apr09) and because there is no "make" command present in that release, > preventing substitution of the latest driver (tg3-3.124c, 2013jan26). > Reading the release notes for that driver give me every reason to think that > it would solve the problem. > > So, how do we: > > (1) get tg3-3.124c compiled into the next release of AST; or > > (2) get the "make" command added to the next release of AST; or > > (3) how would one "make" a kernel-loadable module for the AST kernel, and do > that on a different machine with a different kernel (say, Ubuntu) that has > the "make" command? > > I believe that any one of these things would solve this problem. > > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Robin Marks, Manager, the Zebra Dun Ranch, San Luis Obispo, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
