Intel X553 NICs/ixgbe netinstall issues

To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Subject: Intel X553 NICs/ixgbe netinstall issues
From: Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 07:22:30 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20190509062229.auz33l6xvwttc2bw@campbell-lange.net>

Target systems have A2SDi-8C-HLN4F motherboards each with 4 no. Intel
x553 NICs.

The stable netinstall ixgbe module does not load the interfaces, even
when modprobed by hand.

Buster netinstall 20190429-03:57 works fine. However I can't find a way
of downgrading the installation to "stable", as suggested at

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ#Q:_How_can_I_install_sid_.28unstable.29_with_DebianInstaller.3F

I've tried expert mode in both console and graphical mode.

I'm not sure if the inability to downgrade the installation is a bug or
policy. If the former I'm happy to report it.

Tips on compiling the ixgbe module for stable on a machine with only a
BMC and no NICs gratefully received; else how to downgrade a testing
netinstall to stable.

Thanks very much
Rory

Reply to:

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Intel X553 NICs/ixgbe netinstall issues
  - From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)

Prev by Date: Bug#915830: marked as done (busybox: cp: failed to access '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_h8da2B//usr/bin/busybox': Too many levels of symbolic links)
Next by Date: Debian buster EFI netinstall timeout getting grubx64.efi
Previous by thread: Bug#915830: marked as done (busybox: cp: failed to access '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_h8da2B//usr/bin/busybox': Too many levels of symbolic links)
Next by thread: Re: Intel X553 NICs/ixgbe netinstall issues
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread