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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:14:49 +0100 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: e1000/ICH8LAN weirdness - no ethtool link until initially forced up Hi! > [Please CC me on responses]. > > A spot of weirdness I ran into on my e1000 card. > It's the 82566DC model [8086:104b] (rev 02) x1 PCIe. > > After modprobe e1000, ethtool reports that there is no link, despite the > correct link lights on the port. This breaks booting during a boot process that > checks for actual link status before using a device. ... > This behavior differs from every other network card, and is also present in the > 7.3* version of the driver from sourceforge. > > I think the e1000 should try to raise the link during the probe, so that it > works properly, without having to set ifconfig ethX up first. I think you should cc e1000 maintainers, and perhaps provide a patch.... -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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