Re: e1000e problem [resending-unfinished message]
Xavier Cardil wrote:
Hello, we are a VoIP service provider and we use debian in all of our
systems. We recently installed two new debian 5 stable servers for
asterisk, and we are having problems with the e1000e driver. The network
interface suddenly goes down and stops working. I will specify :
Kernel version : 2.6.26-1-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 13 17:46:45 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux
Are you using the driver supplied with the kernel, or did you get the
one from sourceforge?
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42302&package_id=272252
I just got a Dell Optiplex 760 which has this. The Squeeze install CD
picks up the card fine, but once you boot into the OS, something else
screws it up. If you install the latest kernel build (2.6.30) and add
hpet=disable, it works (found on the net) but that prevents me from
building the fglrx driver.
So I downloaded the sourceforge driver, and modified
e1000e-0.5.18.3/src/Makefile, replacing:
INSTDIR := /lib/modules/$(KVER)/kernel/drivers/net/$(DRIVER_NAME)
with
INSTDIR := /lib/modules/$(KVER)/update/kernel/drivers/net/$(DRIVER_NAME)
and run make & make install
This puts the driver outside the kernel tree.
modprobe -r e1000e & modprobe e1000e
and all is well.
Hope that helps!
--kj
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