SRU justification: Impact: Newer Atheros L1c NICs with PCI ID's 0x1969:1067 and 0x1969:1063 do not have carrier sense detected by NetworkManager - hence NetworkManager cannot sense ethernet cable plug/unplug events.
Fix: Patch attached - enable ethtool support in driver to allow NetworkManager detect that the L1c NICs have carrier sense capability. Testcase: Without the patch, boot up the machine without the cable attached and then plug in the cable and nothing happens - no network connection is configured - uplug and plug and nothing happens. With the patch repeated ethernet cable plug/unplug actions work and the NIC is correctly configured by NetworkManager. ---- Notes: This patch simply turns on ethtool support L1c NICs - the ethtool source code already existed in the driver but was not originally enabled or compiled in. Note that the patch does not enable ethtool support for the L1e NICs (also supported in the driver) because this code is applicable only for older versions of the kernel. -- atl1e: Ethernet cable plug/unplug not detected by NetworkManager https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/349478 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
