broadcomm nic card driver installation on linux 6.2 with 2.2.22 kernel

Dear All,
We are installing linux 6.2 on HP XW 4300, unable to install the driver
for bcm5752 pci-e nic card kindly suggest how to go about this.
Pls provide us some hints to resolve this issue.
We had check the internet for driver no luck-- updated gcc --updated
kernel 2.2.24 --no luck while compling (make) we get syntax error
Gcc version 3.3.6
Pls request ur help.
Sham.

Hi all !

shamsingh1@gmail.com wrote:

> We are installing linux 6.2 on HP XW 4300, unable to install the driver
> for bcm5752 pci-e nic card kindly suggest how to go about this.
> Pls provide us some hints to resolve this issue.
> We had check the internet for driver no luck-- updated gcc --updated
> kernel 2.2.24 --no luck while compling (make) we get syntax error
> Gcc version 3.3.6

[linux 6.2 -- which distri ?]

What distri of linux your refering to ? Redhat ? SuSE ? Another one ?


[back port of existing drivers for more recent kernels]

There might be no drivers available for kernel 2.2.x for your bcm5752.
As far as I could see there are drivers for 2.4.31 and 2.6.12.

You could back port e.g. the 2.4.31 driver into 2.2.14. Probably that's
what you already tried to do ...

If yes, what error is issued ?

All in all back porting might become a nightmare because with more
recent kernels internal structure might have changed (especially from
major kernel releases like 2.2 to 2.4 or 2.6 ...).


[Upgrade to more recent distri]

Your NIC card seems to be pretty new ...

One idea -- besides back porting the 2.4.31/2.6.12 driver to 2.2.14 --
could be to upgrade to an more recent distri ...

Sorry, that might be no real help ...
--
Never give up !

Best regards,
Reinhard.

In comp.os.linux.networking shamsingh1@gmail.com:
> Dear All,
> We are installing linux 6.2 on HP XW 4300, unable to install the driver
> for bcm5752 pci-e nic card kindly suggest how to go about this.
> Pls provide us some hints to resolve this issue.
> We had check the internet for driver no luck-- updated gcc --updated
> kernel 2.2.24 --no luck while compling (make) we get syntax error
> Gcc version 3.3.6
> Pls request ur help.

Multi-posting is antisocial.

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It makes it much harder to keep track of a discussion. Also, once
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To crosspost, just add a comma and the other newsgroup(s). If
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Good luck

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On 30 Oct 2005 01:27:20 -0700, shamsingh1@gmail.com
<shamsingh1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
> We are installing linux 6.2 on HP XW 4300, unable to install the driver
> for bcm5752 pci-e nic card kindly suggest how to go about this.
> Pls provide us some hints to resolve this issue.

If you mean Redhat 6.2, that is ancient history. Try Fedora Core 4, or
Ubuntu or Debian Sarge.


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shamsingh1@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear All,
> We are installing linux 6.2 on HP XW 4300, unable to install the driver
> for bcm5752 pci-e nic card kindly suggest how to go about this.
> Pls provide us some hints to resolve this issue.
> We had check the internet for driver no luck-- updated gcc --updated
> kernel 2.2.24 --no luck while compling (make) we get syntax error
> Gcc version 3.3.6
> Pls request ur help.
> Sham.
>
I think if I had this problem I would add another pci nic and use that.

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< running Slackware 10.1 Linux >

Hi all !

Leo (Bing) Whiteway wrote:

> I think if I had this problem I would add another pci nic and use that.

Of course one of various options ...
--
Never give up !

Best regards,
Reinhard.