Broadcom 440x 10/100 not recognised

Forum: Networking
Topic: Broadcom 440x 10/100 not recognised
started by: Dan_b

Posted by Dan_b on Dec. 27 2006,02:30

Hi everyone.

I've just started out on DSL and I'm mighty impressed, but I have one (serious) problem. DSL won't recognise my NIC. It's a Broadcom 440x 10/100 integrated controller.

controller="Broadcom Corporation | Unknown device"
driver=unknown

I've tried modprobing b44 and bcm4400 but neither work :-(
This nic has worked on every other distro I've tried without any configuration or fiddling whatsoever.

Any ideas?

Many thanks,
Dan

Posted by Nym1 on Dec. 27 2006,06:59

Oh Joy!

You now have the opportunity to learn how to set-up DSL to compile a driver.

Assuming that you are using a DSL version >3.0

1. load "gnu-utils.unc"
2. load "gcc1-with-libs.unc"
3. load "kernelsource.dsl"
4. Download the source for the driver from:
< http://www.broadcom.com/support....1-Linux >
5. Unpack the zip file.
6. Unpack the b44-1.00g.tar.gz and readme.txt files
7. Read the txt file.
8. Open a terminal and cd to the b44-1.00g dir.
9. Type" sudo make"
A "b44.o" file should appear in the b44* dir.
8. Please let us know if it works. ( I don't have that adapter to check myself).
Good Luck.

Posted by Dan_b on Dec. 27 2006,13:25

Thanks! That worked great.

Dan

Posted by roberts on Dec. 27 2006,13:30

Please share your module so others can benefit.

Posted by Dan_b on Dec. 27 2006,13:45

How? Shall I just zip it up and upload it somewhere?

Also, how do I make this permanent? I added the module to my .filetool.lst so it's saved, but which file should I edit so that the module is loaded at boot? I'm running a frugal hd install.

Thanks,
Dan

Posted by roberts on Dec. 27 2006,13:56

Mail to extensions@damnsmalllinux.org

If you are using v3.2 and are familiar with how mydsl dir works then simply make a modules dir under the mydsl dir and copy there. It will be loaded at boot time.

If you are using pre 3.2 you can copy the module(s) to a persistent storage device and then use insmod commands to its full path in /opt/bootlocal.sh