[9fans] Broadcom ethernet controller

[9fans] Broadcom ethernet controller

[Lorenzo Bolla]

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Hi all,
I have a Dell Inspiron with a Broadcom BCM4401 ethernet controller that does
not seem to be recognized by Plan9.
The same problem arose few years ago: http://9fans.net/archive/2005/07/9
Has it been solved yet?

Thanks!
Lorenzo.

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Re: [9fans] Broadcom ethernet controller

[james toy]

==8<==
> I have a Dell Inspiron with a Broadcom BCM4401 ethernet controller that does
> not seem to be recognized by Plan9.
> The same problem arose few years ago: http://9fans.net/archive/2005/07/9
> Has it been solved yet?
==8<==

There is no solved perse, its just a card that is not supported at
this time.  You can find the supported PC hardware here:

http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Supported_PC_hardware/index.html

additionally I have an IBM t43 and expect to write a driver over the
next year (after USB ether gets fixed) its for a Broadcom BCM5751M.
Perhaps it might have some similarities if you decide to write a
driver for your own card.  You might want to try using the new
usb/ether interface for now -- thanks to Nemo.


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