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mtrozic

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Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 3

Broadcom BCM57780, missing drivers?

Hello everyone!

My problem is famous ethernet Broadcom BCM57780.

Before install, when is running Zsh shell I'm type 'ip link' and output is - lo - and - wlp5s0 -, but eth0 (or other ethernet name) is missing. But then wirelles are working good and don't need ethernet for install Arch.

I'm searching and read all links from
https://www.google.hr/search?q=broadcom … 24&bih=474

...and only I found is procedure:

# modprobe -r tg3
# modprobe broadcom
# modprobe tg3

but this not working.

What I noticed is when I type 'rmmod tg3' i get output: "ERROR: Module tg3 is not currently loaded", but when i type 'modprobe -r tg3' I don't get output. Therefore, tg3 is not even launched when I type "modprobe tg3" because I get output: "ERROR: Module tg3 is not currently loaded" when type 'rmmod tg3'.
Files in folder '/usr/lib/modules/3.12.2.-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom is:
b44.ko.gz
bnx2.ko.gz
bnx2x
cnic.ko.gz
tg3.ko.gz

Do you have any idea?

Last edited by mtrozic (2013-12-01 20:18:01)

ewaller

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Re: Broadcom BCM57780, missing drivers?

What is the output of dmesg | grep -e \[Ff\]irmware
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mtrozic

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Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 3

Re: Broadcom BCM57780, missing drivers?

Output is:
[        0.277652] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored

Thing what is confusing - module 'broadcom' i 'tg3' are not in folder for Broadcom drivers, or ?

Last edited by mtrozic (2013-12-01 21:31:28)

mtrozic

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Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 3

Re: Broadcom BCM57780, missing drivers?

I dont know what is this bug - ip link output is only lo and wlp5s0 but wired internet works. Just test with ping, and one more time type ip link and eth0 doesn't exist.

Ups, sorry for double post.

Last edited by mtrozic (2013-12-01 21:42:12)