Re: [Unattended] Problem linuxboot 4.9 and Broadcom Netlink BCM57780

On 11/04/2010 04:00 AM, david Vandergucht wrote:
> Hi there !
>
> I've some trouble starting the pxe linuxboot 4.9 with some dell vostro
> workstation with the following NIC:
> Broadcom Netlink BCM57780
>
> It seems that no eth interface are found and it's dropping to shell.

This was a bug in the Linux kernel v2.6.34.  See the following list 
thread for information that I collected at the time I was experiencing it:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4BF5A2FC.10209%40campnavajo.com

In the thread, I explain where I found patches for the bug, and how to 
apply them.  Thankfully, they are no longer needed in Unattended SVN 
trunk, since this bug is fixed in Linux kernel v2.6.35.  The kernel 
version currently in trunk is v2.6.35.8.

I can't tell you exactly when it was fixed in the kernel, but here is 
the commit:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.35.y.git;a=commit;h=4e4f10f6498bc5038c0a110b5f21682fcb5578d7

> What should i do ?

The only thing you can do really do about this is building linuxboot 
from trunk.  And the easiest way to test it without burning a hundred 
CDs is by using the patch in ticket #1 to boot it from a USB flash drive:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/unattended/ticket/1

Or have someone else build it for you.  I don't think Unattended does 
nightly builds. That might be nice to have.

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