Hi all,
I'm having some problems with my Endian install. Basically, I was running it on an old piece of hardware as a test, and now that it has become critical to our network, I decided to use some new hardware. I've just purchased a Dell C521 (3200+ Athlon 64 with 1Gb RAM) and a Le Wiz PCIE x4 Quad Port Low Profile Gigabit network card. I was pleased to see that the card was recognised straight away by the drivers that shipped with Endian. It was an e1000 driver - which is essentially a the Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Low Profile Server Adapter. Endian seemed to run fine until after a few bits of configuration, I plugged a cable into the new card. After several ping time-outs, I got 4 replies, a load more time-outs and then the system hung. I tried this a few times, with similar results. I checked on modinfo e1000, and found that the drivers for the card are a bit out of date - version 7.0.33, when the one that shipped with the device is 7.3.20. I also noticed that the lines in \var\log\messages regarding finding the card state: Kernel: e1000: 0000:04.01.0: e1000_probe: (PCI-X:100MHz:64 bit) 00:12:32:00:14:da Kernel: e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Each of the other ports has a related kernel message also. The reason this makes me wonder is that it claims the card is PCI-X, when it's actually PCIE. I'm guessing this could cause the problems I'm seeing. So, I need to know how best to go about installing the latest drivers. They are available as a tar.gz from Sourceforge. I assume this means I have to make/make install them, which means using the developer edition. Can I compile them on the developer edition and then copy the kernel module back to the other machine, or will I have to stay using the developer version? How do I tell it to load a specific kernel module at boot time if I use the non-developer edition. Can I build it on any chip architecture from the developer edition, or does it have to be running on the same type of processor to work properly? Can anyone help with these questions? Cheers, Jx
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