[Bug 394783] [NEW] Broadcom BCM5708 "SIOCSIFADDR: No such device"

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Broadcom BCM5708 network adapter does not work correctly on a fresh
karmic install until after rmmod/modprobe of bnx2.  This was not an
issue for Jaunty:

ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo ifup eth0
[sudo] password for ubuntu: 
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Bind socket to interface: No such device
Failed to bring up eth0.
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$  

ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
lp                     11844  0 
parport                40464  1 lp
radeon                667552  1 
iTCO_wdt               13456  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     4292  1 iTCO_wdt
ttm                    42224  1 radeon
i5000_edac             11216  0 
edac_core              48524  3 i5000_edac
dell_wmi                3248  0 
psmouse                57124  0 
i5k_amb                 7176  0 
pcspkr                  2944  0 
serio_raw               6564  0 
dcdbas                  9104  0 
shpchp                 37724  0 
ses                     7488  0 
enclosure               9920  1 ses
bnx2                   77064  0 
megaraid_sas           41692  2 
fbcon                  41216  70 
tileblit                3104  1 fbcon
font                    8832  1 fbcon
bitblit                 6624  1 fbcon
softcursor              2336  1 bitblit
i915                  210504  0 
drm                   192224  3 radeon,ttm,i915
i2c_algo_bit            7076  2 radeon,i915
video                  23388  1 i915
output                  3680  1 video
intel_agp              31568  0 
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo rmmod bnx2
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe bnx2
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo ifup eth0
ifup: interface eth0 already configured
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:19:b9:f3:ba:c4  
          inet6 addr: fe80::219:b9ff:fef3:bac4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:596 (596.0 B)
          Interrupt:16 Memory:f8000000-f8012800 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


Once the module has been removed and reinserted, the network card functions properly.

** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Medium
     Assignee: Andy Whitcroft (apw)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Andy Whitcroft (apw)
         Status: Invalid


** Tags: regression-potential
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Broadcom BCM5708 "SIOCSIFADDR: No such device"
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/394783
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