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Message-Id: <20090629160003.ea299eb5.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:00:03 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
bruce.w.allan@...el.com, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com,
john.ronciak@...el.com, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc: bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
tuharsky@...bb.sk
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13568] New: Intel e1000 4-port NIC - unable to
communicate, slowly blinking
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:45:38 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13568
>
> Summary: Intel e1000 4-port NIC - unable to communicate, slowly
> blinking
> Product: Drivers
> Version: 2.5
> Kernel Version: 2.6.30
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: high
> Priority: P1
> Component: Network
> AssignedTo: drivers_network@...nel-bugs.osdl.org
> ReportedBy: tuharsky@...bb.sk
> Regression: No
>
>
> Hallo,
>
> I have here Tyan GT20 (B2865G20S4H) barebone server with onboard GbE NICs
> (Broadcom BCM5721 and Marvell 88E1111-CAA PHY).
>
> I have installed PCI-E Intel__ PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter
> (EXPI9404PTBLK) to gain 6 ports altogether. This is the card:
>
> http://www.intel.com/products/server/adapters/pro1000pt-quadport/pro1000pt-quadport-overview.htm
>
> Now, with Debian 5.0 Lenny (distributional kernel 2.6.26), only the onboard
> cards are functional. The Intel is also recognised by the kernel, is assigned
> ports (eth2-5), however none of them works when connected to network. The NIC
> is aware of plugging or un-plugging the cable (displays message on console),
> however no communication is ever performed, and the connected port just lazily
> blinks.
>
> After some rochades hard to reproduce (plugging, unplugging, configuring
> interfaces, resetting etc), it even worked for few seconds, and then died out
> again forever.
>
> I have also compiled fresh 2.6.30 kernel, no advance however. Interesting, that
> ifconfig always revails huge number of errors for the port.
>
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