[ltp] APM on R40e

[Marc Schoechlin]

Hi !

On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 06:24:54PM +0100, spacephreak wrote:
 
> yes i realize too. its strangley. 
> before the os is starting, i can change the brigthness, but when
> the kernel is loaded, it doesn't working. 
> so i try tcptl. perhaps those buttons running with tcptl and 2.6

there are now new modules for tpctl and kernel 2.6 - i will try 
them out in the next days :-)

> a second problem is, that my network module (bcm5700) only runs under
> 2.4.* (not 2.6)
> i hope Marc Schoechlin can help:D

I have a running network-card under kernel-2.6 - see my previous mail
(Message-ID: <20031220094521.GA65534@LF.net>).

Loading the tg3-module works on my R40e - but the nic is unusable :-(
My machine runs the 2.6test9-kernel from the debian-kernel-source-package.

I discovered a lot of bugfixes in 2.6test10 an later - so maybe this
driver is working correctly now - i will test in the following days.

A small preview of my install-howto for my R40e:
--
 Network adapter

  output of "lspci":
  --
  Broadcom NetXtreme (02:00.0 Ethernet controller : Broadcom Corporation : Unknown device 170d (rev 01))
  --

  The nic is IMHO currently supported by the "tg3"-module.
  Currently a bug prevent me using this nic.
  (The driver could be loaded successfully, but I was not able to use it.
   No data could be transfered over this interface)
   successfully)

  * Workaround for the non-working tg3-driver

  -> Download the proprietrary i386-Driver for this nic
     http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/downloaddrivers.php

  -> Extract the

  -> Do the following:
     --
     unzip ../linux-7.0.0.zip
     cd Server/Linux/Driver
     tar zxvf bcm5700-7.0.0.tar.gz
     cd bcm5700-7.0.0/src/
     make
     rmod tg3
     insmod bcm5700.ko
     --
     Now you can start your network.
--
 
> On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 18:07, Ari Saptawijaya wrote:
> >  ... then we still face the same problems :)
> > 
> > but btw, did you realize that in the original one
> > (with kernel 2.4.22 without ACPI) those buttons work
> > properly? 

I still have problems with the buttons - tpb wastes over 25% of my 
CPU-performance, after starting the desktop-session. :-)

I think it works a little bit :-)
--
ms@blob: $ tpb -v
Fn button pressed
--
The FN-Key is detected properly - but nothing else works :-)

Maybe someone can help ?

The current state of the howto is available at http://nox.lf.net/256bit.org/download.html

Best regards

Marc Schoechlin

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