Re: Network error with Intel E1000 Adapter on update 2.4.25 ==>2.6.3

[Martin Josefsson]

On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 13:38, Marc-Christian Petersen wrote:
> On Friday 27 February 2004 13:22, Martin Bene wrote:
> 
> Hi Martin,
> 
> > When trying to update the kernel from 2.4.25 to 2.6.3 I run into a probelm:
> > While the driver for the onboard Intel E1000 network adapter loads OK, it
> > doesn't seem to find an interrupt for the interface - ifconfig shows:
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:A6:2D:7A:64
> >           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
> >           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> >           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> >           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> >           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >           Base address:0x9000 Memory:fc000000-fc020000
> > [ ... ripped the rest ... ]
> > Board is an Asus PC-DL, Intel 875P Chipset, one Xeon 2.8Ghz CPU, Onboard
> > e1000 Network interface. Any idea how I can get the onboard NIC to work?
> 
> full output of /var/log/dmesg || dmesg after bootup might help.

e1000 is known to have problems in 2.6.3

Please try the latest 2.6.3-bk snapshot, it may work better, it has
helped at least one other reporter of e1000 problems in 2.6.3

-- 
/Martin

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