[gentoo-user] Networkdriver for Intel 82579

[Matthias Fechner]

Dear list,

I have here a brand new mainboard (Asus P8P67 Pro) with the new sandy
chip on it. If I look into the manual it says there is an Intel 82579
Gigabit LAN chip on-board.

I tried it with kernel 2.6.37 (from kernel.org) and dmesg tells me:
e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.2.7-k2
e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999 - 2010 Intel Corporation.
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: setting latency timer to 64
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 49 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) bc:ae:c5:b6:9b:8e
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 10, PHY: 11, PBA No: ffffff-0ff

I searched around and found the tip to use a newer driver.
I downloaded it here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/files/e1000e%20stable/1.2.20/

But if I try to compile the driver I get:
/usr/src/e1000e-1.2.20/src/netdev.c: In function 'e1000_restore_vlan':
/usr/src/e1000e-1.2.20/src/netdev.c:3076: error: 'VLAN_GROUP_ARRAY_LEN'
undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/e1000e-1.2.20/src/netdev.c:3076: error: (Each undeclared
identifier is reported only once
/usr/src/e1000e-1.2.20/src/netdev.c:3076: error: for each function it
appears in.)
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/e1000e-1.2.20/src/netdev.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/e1000e-1.2.20/src] Error 2
make: *** [default] Error 2

Can here please help someone?

Thanks a lot
Matthias

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