[gentoo-user] Intel Gigabit Ethernet problem

[Daniel da Veiga]

Hi list,

I've been struggling with this for a while, I am setting up this new
machine, but got stuck because I can't find a way to make the network
card work... According to lspci:

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573E Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (Copper) (rev 03)

The weird thing is, it works just fine when booting the LiveCD, dmesg shows:

Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.2.9-k4
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
e1000: 0000:02:00.0: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:32-bit) 00:10:c6:a1:5a:41
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel PRO/1000 Network Connection
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/1000 speed: disabling TSO

but when booting the local kernel:

Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.2.9-k4
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel PRO/1000 Network Connection

and the interface is not created, neither the "watchdog" part of dmesg
that shows in the LiveCD appears, and thus, no network connection.

I've tried different kernels, with the same result (the LiveCD has the
2.6.19-gentoo-r5, and I've tried this and 2.6.21-gentoo-r4. Tried
compiled in the kernel, as module, "modprobe -r", nothing works...

Any help would be much appreciated!

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Daniel da Veiga
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