> > Are both of you using Debian as the base OS install? I know you are > > changing kernels but I'm wondering what the base install OS is. I > > agree that the D# state is most likely what the cause of the device > > not being seen by the system but what's causing the system to have the > > NIC in the D3 state. > > Indeed, it seems that we are both running Debian (and Debian-provided > kernels). > > > Also, both of you have the exact same Dell laptop right? > > No, I have a E4300, while Frederik has an E6400 (according to > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/9/9/212). Same generation, different models.
I just found something very interesting: As soon as I used powertop to disable runtime PM on the network card, the network connection became alive. This appeared in kernel log. [ 506.204083] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: BAR 0: set to [mem 0xf6ae0000-0xf6afffff] (PCI address [0xf6ae0000-0xf6afffff]) [ 506.204090] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: BAR 1: set to [mem 0xf6adb000-0xf6adbfff] (PCI address [0xf6adb000-0xf6adbfff]) [ 506.204097] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: BAR 2: set to [io 0xefe0-0xefff] (PCI address [0xefe0-0xefff]) [ 506.204115] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: restoring config space at offset 0xf (was 0x100, writing 0x10a) [ 506.204138] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: restoring config space at offset 0x1 (was 0x100000, writing 0x100107) [ 506.204177] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PME# disabled [ 506.204257] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X [ 506.207226] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC Wakeup cause - Link Status Change [ 507.936933] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx [ 507.936938] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO [ 507.937411] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Maybe your friend with the same laptop does not have runtime PM enabled by default (might depend on the presence and configuration of pm-utils and laptop-mode-tools). -- Frederik Himpe <fhi...@telenet.be> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy2 _______________________________________________ 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
