Bug#601017: e1000e fails dhcp during netinst boot

["Anthony L. Awtrey" <tony@awtrey.com>]

Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.32-26

Booting the netinst (or PXE) image on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-19m4
fails to get a DHCP address. If you run these commands:

 # modprobe -r e1000e
 # modprobe e1000e

you can retry automatic configuration a few times and eventually get an
address.

lspci says the network card is:

8086:10ea Intel Corporation 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 06)

I found this upstream bug:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15944

which lead to this mailing list:

http://marc.info/?t=127353902700007&r=1&w=3

which lead to this patch:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=627c8a041f7aaaea93c766f69bd61d952a277586

After taking a look at the 2.6.32 linux source, it does not look like it
would apply cleanly. Hope this helps!

Tony