#18 Incompatibility with i82541PI NIC

[Matt Warfield]

Hello,

We've run into an error with version 2.2 and 2.4 in relation to the intel 82541PI ethernet controller. It appears as though the driver has loaded although I'm not completely sure how to confirm that. The link light will only stay on momentarily which leads me to believe the software is continuously auto-negotiating the network connection. This has been reproduced on 4 identical systems which work correctly with a DOS based GHOST setup and a Knoppix boot disk.

We have attempted to lock down the NIC at 100BT FD but that's had no effect.

Would appreciate any recommendations you might have.

Cheers,

Matt

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Version 2.4 should read 2.3alpha6
The dmesg screen indicates that the NIC card found is a 82541GI as below:
wm0 at pci1 dev4 function 0: Intel i82541GI 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 5
wm0: interrupting at irq11
wm0: 32-bit 33MHz PCI bus
wm0: 64 word (6 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm0: Ethernet address 00:30:64:05:0b:8b
igphy0 at wm0 phy1: Intel IGP01E1000 Gigabit PHY, rev.5
igphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100base TX 100baseT-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto

The same results for the second NIC interface wm1