Asus A7V8 broadcom gigabyte network driver for linux??

[Rubben23]

Hello

I have currently the new asus motherboard A7V8 based on the KT400 via chip.

Now i just have installed linux mandrake 9.0 , but it doesnt recognise my integrated gigabyte LAN on the motherboard. I got drivers for this broadcom 5702 chip for WINDOWS XP and 2000... but not for linux?

Any Idea where i can probably find these linux drivers? Do they exist? Is broadcom a company with its own website and driverS? I checked already on the asus site, but nothing for linux...
Any hints how to fix it? maybe trying other generic drivers?
PS: i am quite a newbie to linux

Thanks
Brecht

 

[Rubben23]

Just checked my motherboard, and the chip i have on the asus a7v8 is the Broadcom 4401 chip, which only supports 10 and 100 Mps LAN.

Anybody knows how to get this integrated LAN controller working in LINUX MANDRAKE 9.0 (kernel 2.4.17).


Thanks
Brecht

 

[Rubben23]

Not many linux users here, right?


Anybody tried to get his A7V8 LAN controller(basic version) working under LINUX?


Brecht

 

[Soulkeeper]

which modules have you tryed ??
there is a chance it won't be supported yet
you try 8139too and tulip ??
maybe see if you can find any info about it's being supported in the kernel changelogs
upgrade yur kernel maybe too..
maybe there is mention of it in the kernel Documentation
ohh well good luck
also try a google search maybe that will turn up something

 

[dszd0g]

No I am pretty sure you do need to use one of the BCMXXXX drivers. I found a kernel patch to support the Broadcom 5702 (The gigabit version of the A7V8X), but not the 4401. The 5702 kernel patch for kernel 2.4.9 is available:

http://kernelnewbies.org/kernels/rh21as/SOURCES/linux-2.4.9-bcm5700-28.patch

The Broadcom's don't seem to have great Linux support.

 

[opacity]

Asus does provide linux drivers for broadcom 4401. You can find them at ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/lan/broadcom/4401/4401_652.zip. However they only contain the sources and are tested upto kernel 2.14.18. The documentation says that the rpm version is also available, but I couldn't find it.. Also, I wasn't able to compile the drivers for mandrake 9. Not yet at least, not without some tweaking. If anyone has better luck, give me a line .

Here's the header from the readme:

Broadcom Corporation
16215 Alton Parkway,
Irvine, CA 92619-7013

Release Notes
Broadcom BCM4400 Linux Driver
Version 1.0.1

 

[dszd0g]

This might interest some people. The Tigon3 is still apparently for the 5700 series, but the message may be of interest for anyone who cares about Broadcom Linux support.

BETA First test release of Tigon3 driver

With this as a better link (the link to download in the above is broken):

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/davem/TIGON3/

 

[opacity]

Oki, I managed to compile the driver and install the module. It even seems to work. At least to some extent (pinging the same segment), but I still have some problems with my network settings in general I think.

 

[Rubben23]

Thanks for the replies!!

I hadnt checked my topic for over month, because i bought a seperate netwerk card...stupid me!!

I payed quite a lot for this motherboard, and now i am happy i can sell my seperate network card to somebody...100Mbs ...Anybody wants to buy?

 

[dszd0g]

Originally posted by: Rubben23
Anybody wants to buy?

That is what the FS/T forum is for. However, I bet most people on these forums purchase $15-$40 NICs, so the shipping isn't really worth it IMO.

I would make sure everything is working properly with the onboard LAN before selling the NIC. A spare network card is not a bad thing, either.