I've just installed CentOS 5.4 on an IBM server with a BCM5709 network
adapter, and can't get networking to work. It looks like an appropriate
driver (bnx2) is installed, lspci and the system log return sensible
info on the unit, there are no specific error message anywhere, but I
get "no link present" when I try to activate the device. In other
words,
I see essentially the same behaviour as when the network cable is
missing, but I've tried several cables, connection points etc. and also
get the appropriate indicator lamps etc. so I'm quite sure the
connection is good.
Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong? If not, have any of you lot
got networking to work with a similar setup?
Some extracts from the system log are included below...
Thanks,
- Toralf
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Oct 23 22:11:33 localhost kernel: Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet
Driver bnx2 v1.9.3 (March 17, 2009)
Oct 23 22:11:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0b:00.0[A] ->
GSI 28 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
Oct 23 22:11:33 localhost kernel: eth0: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709
1000Base-T (C0) PCI Express found at mem 92000000, IRQ 169, node addr
00215edbc384
Oct 23 22:11:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:0b:00.1[B] ->
GSI 40 (level, low) -> IRQ 106
Oct 23 22:11:33 localhost kernel: eth1: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709
1000Base-T (C0) PCI Express found at mem 94000000, IRQ 106, node addr
00215edbc386
Oct 23 22:11:33 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.3[B] ->
GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 114
[ ... ]
Oct 23 22:12:53 localhost kernel: bnx2: eth0: using MSIX
Oct 23 22:12:53 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not
ready
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