Adding to this: > I compiled and tried the e1000e driver on my hardware with two PCI-E > NICs. The e1000e driver appears to be working but I noticed on bootup > that the following message was logged for one of the NICs: > > e1000e 0000:03:00.0: Warning: detected ASPM enabled in EEPROM > > I see that ASPM is Active Power State Management but it's not clear > form this message if it gets disabled, or if it stays enabled, and > what the consequences are one way or another. The system is a > rack-mounted server not any kind of mobile device.
I read in the e1000e README about issues with the EEPROM having APRM enabled in some older 82573x NICs. These are the NICs I had so I ran the script mentioned in the README (and also confirmed by hand with ethtool -e ethx) and see that the APRM is not enabled at least in the 0x1e location the README refers to: [r...@dd43 ~]# lspci [...] 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573V Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 03) 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller [...] [r...@dd43 ~]# ./fixeep-82573-dspd.sh eth1 eth1: is a "82573V Gigabit Ethernet Controller" This fixup is applicable to your hardware Your eeprom is up to date, no changes were made [r...@dd43 ~]# ./fixeep-82573-dspd.sh eth0 eth0: is a "82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller" This fixup is applicable to your hardware Your eeprom is up to date, no changes were made Chris M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
