Thanks Jesse for your reply. See my comments below.. On 07/19/2010 06:24 PM, Brandeburg, Jesse wrote: > > > On Sun, 18 Jul 2010, Fabio Varesano wrote: > >> 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. > > you're right, it should work fine with 2.6.34. Can you also please try > doing a full power off, and then boot the kernel? Does that make any > difference?
nope. Still no eth0 .. > >> 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 > > the 00:00... for a mac address is pretty strange. usually we get ff:ff > when things go wrong. Does arch linux enable CONFIG_ASPM? We made some > other changes to upstream to fix some bugs with the ASPM L0s disabling > code. You can check all the kernel options Archlinux sets at http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/packages/kernel26/repos/core-x86_64/ >> e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled >> e1000e: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -5 > > There were some issues with the runtime power management in one of the > previous kernel revisions, you might be running into. See below. > > >> >> 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 > > please send output of lspci -vvv > There you go: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems PRO/1000 PL Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at f0600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 2: I/O ports at 3000 [size=32] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000 Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+ RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM unknown, Latency L0 <128ns, L1 <64us ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- Capabilities: [100 v1] Advanced Error Reporting UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSViol- UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr- CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr- AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn- Capabilities: [140 v1] Device Serial Number 00-a0-d1-ff-ff-79-cb-eb Kernel modules: e1000e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
