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ethernet card Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)
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model: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 11)(model id: 1190)
possible other names of the device:
BCM5721
BCM 5721
Broadcom 5721
NetXtreme 5721
vendor:
Broadcom Corporation
VendorID:ProductID code of the device:
14e4:1659
year of commercialization:
2009
interface:
PCI-E
tested on:
Trisquel 6.0 Toutatis
tested with the following kernel libre:
3.2.0-38-generic
3.10.7-gnu
does it work with free software?
yes
free driver used:
tg3
Description:
Test result

Test done in August 2013. Worked out-of-the-box with Trisquel 6.0 LiveCD. Would not work with gNewSense 3.0 LiveDVD

Hardware info

lspci -vnnmm

Slot:	03:00.0
Class:	Ethernet controller [0200]
Vendor:	Broadcom Corporation [14e4]
Device:	NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [1659]
SVendor:	Broadcom Corporation [14e4]
SDevice:	NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [1659]
Rev:	11

lspci -nnk

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1659] (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1659]
	Kernel driver in use: tg3
	Kernel modules: tg3

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