[email protected] wrote: > Many thanks to all the replyers! > > I'd like to fix that "being late" of the network card/driver instead of > doing some workarounds if somehow possible. > If there is no "fix" then it would be great if there would be a way to > wait until the link becomes ready before continue starting other network > services which would probably fail. > > Do you see such a message on your PC? Or is it a e1000e-driver specific > thing and therefore only for a few people? > >> Btw, the e1000e driver is used for the "02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel >> Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller" in my Thinkpad (T60). > And kernel 2.6.31.5 and .6
Actually the e1000e driver is not a problem on my system: 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) [ 2.292543] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.3.3.4-k4 [ 2.292790] e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation. [ 2.293068] alloc irq_desc for 21 on cpu 0 node 0 [ 2.293070] alloc kstat_irqs on cpu 0 node 0 [ 2.293072] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 [ 2.293328] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 2.293381] alloc irq_desc for 30 on cpu 0 node 0 [ 2.293382] alloc kstat_irqs on cpu 0 node 0 [ 2.293388] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 30 for MSI/MSI-X [ 2.362360] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:25:64:38:ec:dd [ 2.362798] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection [ 2.363081] 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 8, PHY: 8, PBA No: 2021ff-0ff -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
