On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 18:29:36 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Hello Jon, > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Jon Ander Ortiz <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > > This bug is explaned here, basically the ethttool interface of the e1000e > > driver, returns "2" instead of "1" when the > > driver is asked about the link and the interface has link. > ... > > The fix, can be done using a newer version of the installer, or patching the > > installer kernel with the fix, or providing > > a patched version of the netfg to the remote systems. This is a problem of > > a buggy driver, not of the d-i, but i think > > that it's interesting to make it public in this list, and more since many > > cards are being migrated from e1000 to e1000e driver > > (e.g. 82573L) and with a debian installer update the net installation > > fails. > > Please report a bug against linux-2.6 source package and detail this > stuff there so people can work for including this fix in next stable > update. > FWIW: 18:01 < jcristau> <[email protected]> sounds like it might be worth fixing in stable 18:05 < bwh^> Should be fixed in d-i; noone promises that ETHTOOL_GLINK yields 0 or 1 18:06 < bwh^> Simple test for the ethtool API: does ethtool uses that feature? if not, don't assume it works.
Otavio, it seems this ought to be fixed on the d-i side? Cheers, Julien
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