Nic not being recognized on FC4

[vj1]

Hi,

I have 2 network interface cards on my server and i'm unable find the interface cards for setting up an IP.

Desktop>System Settings>Network>
shows no cards
and if i try to add, it says a miss match

$/sbin/lspci (shows....)

03:04.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 1668 (rev a3)
03:04.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 1668 (rev a3)


The network interface is “HPNC324i PCle Dual Port Gigabit Server adapter”, I’ve downloaded a rpm file from hp site and tried to follow the installation instructions , after running the below command,
# rpm -ivh tg3-<version>.src.rpm (ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib2/softwa....92n-2.src.txt )

I’m not sure what else should be done.

Can anyone help me on this one please?

Thanks,
Vj

[waterhead]

You may need to just compile the driver from the source. You can extract the source from the rpm file, using this command.

rpm2cpio tg3-3.92n-2.src.rpm | cpio -idmv

This will give you, among other thing, a file with this name:

tg3-3.92n.tar.bz2

Ths is a compressed archive that contains the source files. You need to extract the files first, using this command:

tar xvfj tg3-3.92n.tar.bz2

You then can try and compile the driver using the standard methods. You will need the kernel source installed to do this.

[waterhead]

I had more time to look at this, after work today. There is a way to use the source rpm file. You still need the kernel sources for your kernel.

First, you install the file, as root, using this command.

rpm -Uvh tg3-3.92n-2.src.rpm

This installs the source files in the /root folder. There is a folder in there called /rpmbuild It contains the source files and a spec file. The folders are arranged like this:

/root
     /rpmbuild
         /BUILD
         /BUILDROOT
         /RPMS
           /i386
         /SOURCES
         /SPECS
         /SRPMS

You need to change directory to that folder.

cd /root/rpmbuild

You can now build a rpm file.

rpmbuild -bb SPECS/tg3.spec

It will make a rpm file in the /RPMS/i386 folder, named tg3-3.92n-2.i386.rpm. You can copy that to your home folder, and then install it.

If you have any questions on this process, just ask.