Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Adapter Linux Diagnostic readme.txt Copyright 2008 Broadcom Corporation All Rights Reserved No part of this document may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from Broadcom Corporation. Broadcom Corporation reserves the right to make changes to the products or information contained in this document without notice. No liability is assumed as a result of their use or application. No rights under any patent accompany the sale of any such products or information. Epigram, InsideLine, and iLine10 are trademarks of Broadcom Corporation. Broadcom Corporation 16125 Alton Parkway Irvine, CA 92619-7013 www.broadcom.com This document should be found in the directory that contains the following files: - readme_rel.txt // this file - release.txt // diagnostic executable changes log - readme.tg3d // driver patch-file change log - lx_diag-x.y.tgz // compressed tar file containing all the files needed to // run the Linux diagnostic In order to run the Broadcom Linux diagnostic the following requirements must be met. 1. A Power PC system that uses Linux SuSE Enterprise Server 9 or 10 or an x86 based machine running Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3 or 4. 2. The system Ethernet controller belongs to the 5704, 5705, 575x, 572x 5714, 5787, 5784, 5764, 5723 or the HTLE family of Broadcom devices. 3. A command shell (sh, csh, tcsh, bash, etc) is required to interface with the text based diagnostics tool. The runDiag script requires bash. 4. The executable (b57ldiagp, b57ldiagi, b57ldiagi64) must be run as root. 5. Before running any of the diagnostic tests on a new device with a blank NVRAM the user must program the NVRAM of the device using the "seprg" command. Not programming the devices NVRAM will cause diagnostics to run very slow. 6. In order to run the diagnostic run the "runDiag" script or follow the steps below. 6.1 "rmmod" the tg3 driver that ships with most Linux distributions. 6.2 "rmmod" any other driver that is presently loaded and can be associated with the device that you want to test (i.e. bcm5700). 6.3 "make" and install the diagnostic driver by following instruction in the readme.tg3d file. 6.4 "insmod" the tg3d.o/tg3d.ko driver for kernel 2.4/2.6. 6.5 bring up the devices to be tested via "ifconfig eth<x> up" 6.6 run the diagnosticDownload Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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