Breezy and removing tg3 kernel driver

[John DeCarlo]

On 9/16/05, Chmouel Boudjnah <chmouel at chmouel.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> setup an "alias eth0 " in /etc/modprobe.d/ see the manpage for that or 
> simply delete the bad module in /lib/modules (not really the clean way)
> 
> Cheers, Chmouel.



Thanks for the advice. I forgot to say that I did add "alias eth0 bcm5700" 
in /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

And I renamed and moved the tg3.ko drivers out of 
/lib/modules/2.6.../kernel/drivers/net

Thanks for clarifying.


On 9/16/05, John DeCarlo <johndecarlo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have searched through the mailing lists and googled in different 
> > forms, but I can't figure this out. Hopefully it is something simple.
> > 
> > I use Cisco VPN software (4.6.00.0045-k9) to access my VPN at work.
> > 
> > It doesn't play well with the tg3 driver for some reason. (I tested it 
> > again after the Breezy install.)
> > 
> > So I downloaded the latest Broadcom linux driver (8.2.18), compiled and 
> > installed it. It modprobes just fine.
> > 
> > Now I am stuck - I can't figure out how to not use the tg3 driver. I 
> > went and moved the tg3.ko files out of the drivers/net directory, but 
> > they were still loaded when I rebooted. This trick worked in Hoary (unless 
> > my memory is wrong).
> > 
> > All help appreciated. 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
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