On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 18:29:36 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> Hello Jon,
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Jon Ander Ortiz <jonbaine@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> > This bug is explaned here, basically the ethttool interface of the e1000e
> > driver, returns "2" instead of "1" when the
> > driver is asked about the link and the interface has link.
> ...
> > The fix, can be done using a newer version of the installer, or patching the
> > installer kernel with the fix, or providing
> > a patched version of the netfg to the remote systems. This is a problem of
> > a buggy driver, not of the d-i, but i think
> > that it's interesting to make it public in this list, and more since many
> > cards are being migrated from e1000 to e1000e driver
> > (e.g. 82573L) and with a debian installer update the net installation
> > fails.
>
> Please report a bug against linux-2.6 source package and detail this
> stuff there so people can work for including this fix in next stable
> update.
>
FWIW:
18:01 < jcristau> <[🔎] AANLkTin1p9fK6Ofxz3U_JO6rbRwiBpLFnEy2gA_KT0R1@mail.gmail.com> sounds like it might be worth fixing in stable
18:05 < bwh^> Should be fixed in d-i; noone promises that ETHTOOL_GLINK yields
0 or 1
18:06 < bwh^> Simple test for the ethtool API: does ethtool uses that feature?
if not, don't assume it works.
Otavio, it seems this ought to be fixed on the d-i side?
Cheers,
Julien
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