Hi guys, me and some other Archlinux users who upgraded to 2.6.34 kernel are having problems with e1000e probing which results in no eth0 available.
See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=793385 I read at http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=DDC57477F5D6F845A0DDCB99D3C4812D0CA6A93F56%40orsmsx510.amr.corp.intel.com&forum_name=e1000-devel that it could have something to do with the BIOS not being updated. Unfortunately I do have to most recent BIOS version for my Toshiba Tecra A7. On a comment on the Archlinux forum above one user suggested to use the e1000e driver from 2.6.33.6 but I don't think that's the right thing to do. This is the error I get: e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.0.2-k2 e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999 - 2009 Intel Corporation. e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 e1000e 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 e1000e 0000:02:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X e1000e 0000:02:00.0: Disabling ASPM L0s 0000:02:00.0: 0000:02:00.0: NVM Read Error while reading MAC address 0000:02:00.0: 0000:02:00.0: Invalid MAC Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00 e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled e1000e: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -5 lspci -v: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems PRO/1000 PL Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16 Memory at f0600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] I/O ports at 3000 [size=32] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-a0-d1-ff-ff-79-cb-eb Kernel modules: e1000e dmidecode: # dmidecode 2.10 SMBIOS 2.4 present. 38 structures occupying 1291 bytes. Table at 0x000DF010. Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD Version: 6.00 Release Date: 07/12/2007 Address: 0xE4480 Runtime Size: 113536 bytes ROM Size: 1024 kB Characteristics: ISA is supported PCI is supported PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported PNP is supported APM is supported BIOS is upgradeable BIOS shadowing is allowed ESCD support is available Boot from CD is supported ACPI is supported USB legacy is supported AGP is supported BIOS boot specification is supported Targeted content distribution is supported Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes System Information Manufacturer: TOSHIBA Product Name: TECRA A7 Version: PTA71E-07600UIT Serial Number: hidden UUID: hidden Wake-up Type: Power Switch SKU Number: Not Specified Family: Not Specified Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes Base Board Information Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Product Name: CAPELL VALLEY(NAPA) CRB Version: Not Applicable Serial Number: Not Applicable Thanks, Fabio Varesano -- http://www.varesano.net/ - Fabio Varesano Personal Website ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
