Bugzilla Bug 196053

no driver ethernet card with new e1000 ich9

kernel from kernel.org and gentoo (with patch) don t have the last version of
intel e1000 drivers.


ubuntu deliver a patch for this net card

(http://developer.momonga-linux.org/viewvc/branches/TSUPPA4RI/kernel/linux-2.6-e1000-ich9.patch?revision=17209&pathrev=18409)



Reproducible: Always




the patch for gentoo-sources-2.6.23

Created an attachment (id=133625) [details]
patch file for e1000 [ich9 version]

add last intel network card in kernel.

needed for Dell Vostro Desktop computer

Created an attachment (id=133640) [details]
Patch 1 e1000 driver

Richard,

Can you please apply these three patches to a clean gentoo-sources-2.6.23,
rebuild and test? These patches are from the mainline Linux tree.

Thanks

Created an attachment (id=133641) [details]
Patch 2 e1000 driver

Created an attachment (id=133643) [details]
napi polling patch

Mike, I'd rather not apply those huge patches if there are other
upstream-approved options. Have you investigated to see if the patch in comment
#1 is rejected upstream or anything like that?

I could not find if that patch was submitted upstream or not but I found Auke
Kok's patch to provide a driver for this device here:

[E1000E]: New pci-express e1000 driver (currently for ICH9 devices only)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bc7f75fa97884d41efbfde1397b621fefb2550b4

This patch needed changes provided by the napi polling patch 

Richard, hold off until Daniel advises otherwise.

for me all is ok

i install these patch to a clean gento-sources-2.6.23 (without e1000-ich9 patch
from me)
i apply:
  Patch 1 e1000 driver
  Patch 2 e1000 driver
  napi polling patch

and all work fine for me for my network card (but no info in lspci, but no info
with my patch too)

sent a mail upstream asking what the plans are for e1000

OK. The plan is for e1000 to support PCI cards and e1000e to support
PCI-express cards. Right now e1000 supports some PCI-express cards but they
will be moved to e1000e in the next few months.

So, we should backport e1000e.

http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/kernel/e1000e.patch
(sorry -- to large to attach to bugzilla!)

Please could you try this on 2.6.23? It is a backport of e1000e from 2.6.24 as
this is the way upstream are headed.

It does not need any of the earlier patches, so please make sure they are *not*
applied -- use a clean kernel if in doubt. Thanks!

Hi! I've tested the e1000e patch against gentoo-sources-2.6.23 on a intel
DQ35JO board with 82566DM-2 ethernet controller, and it seems to work fine (for
all of 15 minutes now), here is the dmesg output:

0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 00:19:d1:9b:75:4c
0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 5, PHY: 6, PBA No: ffffff-0ff
0000:00:19.0: eth0: Unable to allocate MSI interrupt Error: -1
0000:00:19.0: eth0: Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX
0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO

The MSI interrupt thingy didn't show up with the e1000 though.

Thanks a lot. e1000 doesn't support MSI, and this error is nothing to worry
about anyway.

Please note that genpatches-2.6.23-2 has been released with these patches
included, gentoo-sources-2.6.23-r1 is using it.