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From: Joshua Doll <Joshua.Doll@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Gigabit Ethernet problem
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:39:46
Message-Id: 46AE1F8E.10700@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Gigabit Ethernet problem by Joshua Doll
1 Joshua Doll wrote:
2 > Daniel da Veiga wrote:
3 >> On 7/30/07, Albert Hopkins <marduk@g.o> wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 13:33 -0300, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
6 >>>
7 >>>> Hi list,
8 >>>>
9 >>>> I've been struggling with this for a while, I am setting up this new
10 >>>> machine, but got stuck because I can't find a way to make the network
11 >>>> card work... According to lspci:
12 >>>>
13 >>>> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet
14 >>>> Controller (Copper) (rev 03)
15 >>>>
16 >>>> The weird thing is, it works just fine when booting the LiveCD,
17 >>>> dmesg shows:
18 >>>>
19 >>>> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.2.9-k4
20 >>>> Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
21 >>>> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
22 >>>> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
23 >>>> e1000: 0000:02:00.0: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:32-bit)
24 >>>> 00:10:c6:a1:5a:41
25 >>>> e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel PRO/1000 Network Connection
26 >>>> e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
27 >>>> e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/1000 speed: disabling TSO
28 >>>>
29 >>>> but when booting the local kernel:
30 >>>>
31 >>>> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.2.9-k4
32 >>>> Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
33 >>>> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
34 >>>> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
35 >>>> e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel PRO/1000 Network Connection
36 >>>>
37 >>> It appears as if driver works and has created the device but...
38 >>>
39 >>>
40 >>
41 >> The device was not created (and yeah, that's weird since there's a
42 >> mention to "eth0" in dmesg), also the init script is there and there
43 >> is a config for the interface at rc.conf/net. It seems the probe is
44 >> not working, as it never detects the link is up or down...
45 >>
46 >>
47 > What does ifconfig -a return? A lot of times udev will "remap" the
48 > device name. Especially if there is IP over firewall.
49 >
50 >
51 > --Joshua Doll
52 Opps firewire not firewall. Long weekend.
53
54 --Joshua Doll
55 --
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Re: [gentoo-user] Intel Gigabit Ethernet problem Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com>