Hello all,

On my HP tc2120 server onboard Broadcom NIC doesn't work under vanilla 2.4.24 
kernel. But it works under 2.4.24-grsec. Strange... read on...

xen:~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge (rev 32)
00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCNB-LE Host Bridge
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702 Gigabit 
Ethernet (rev 02)
00:04.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 02)
00:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 
78)
00:09.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks CSB6 South Bridge (rev a0)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks CSB6 RAID/IDE Controller (rev a0)
00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks CSB6 OHCI USB Controller (rev 05)
00:0f.3 Host bridge: ServerWorks GCLE-2 Host Bridge

2.4.24:

tg3.c:v2.3 (November 5, 2003)
tg3: Could not obtain valid ethernet address, aborting.

2.4.24-grsec:

tg3.c:v2.3 (November 5, 2003)
eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95702A20) rev 1002 PHY(5703)] (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 
10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:08:02:f7:c1:fa
tg3: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.
tg3: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and off for RX.



Complete kernel boot logs differ only in memory usage and CPU speed detection. 
Complete logs are attached.