Re: [E1000-devel] 64bit e1000 problems with Intel 82541PI

[Jeff K. <jef...@in...>]

2009/3/24 Stack Stack <i.a...@gm...>:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Jeff Kirsher
> <jef...@in...>wrote:
>
>> The kernel version of e1000 is what you should be using if you have a
>> kernel version 2.6.28 or newer (since 2.6.29 just got released).
>>
>> We keep the stand-alone driver on sourceforge for those users using
>> older kernels but need a newer version of the e1000 driver, and right
>> now, the kernel e1000 driver contains fixes and updates that we need
>> to implement in the stand-alone driver.
>>
>> So in short, use the in-kernel e1000 for newer kernels.
>>
>
> Thanks Jeff for the response.
>
> I just finished the compile for 2.6.29 (the latest from kernel.org [1] using
> the Debian config file from the 2.6.28 kernel in Debian experimental
> branch). Same problem; I get a kernel oops when I plug in the network cable.
>
> Here is the kerneloops as my syslog sees it [1].
>
> I submitted the kerneloops to kerneloops.org but I can't find it on there
> yet. Maybe it takes it a while?
>
> Not sure if this is relevant or not (maybe it is expected), but the driver
> version reverted.
> $ ethtool -i eth1
> driver: e1000
> version: 7.3.21-k3-NAPI
> firmware-version: N/A
> bus-info: 0000:04:09.0
>
> Any other suggestions for me to try or do?
>
> Thanks!
> ~Stack~

Thanks for the info.
You running Debian (Lenny) and you reported this on kerneloops.org,
correct?  If that is the case, David Graham is aware of your
kerneloops report and is looking into it.

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Cheers,
Jeff