Bug#885348: linux-image-4.14.0-2-amd64: aLatest kernel (linux-image-4.14.0-2-amd64) breaks e1000e driver on Intel 82579V Gigabit adapter

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Timo,

On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 03:38:24PM +0100, T.A. van Roermund wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.14.7-1
> Severity: critical
> Tags: patch upstream
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> This morning, I updated the Linux kernel from linux-image-4.13.0-1-amd64 to linux-image-4.14.0-2-amd64.
> Afterwards, my Intel Gigabit adapter (details below) did not work properly anymore (no link).
> When booting back into the previous kernel (4.13), everything works properly again.
> 
> It seems like others experience the same behavior, see:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198047
> 
> According to that thread, this bug was introduced in v4.14.3 through commit 830466993daf09adbd179e4c74db07279a088f8c 
> ("e1000e: Separate signaling for link check/link up", upstream: 19110cfbb34d4af0cdfe14cd243f3b09dc95b013).
> 
> The thread also includes a patch that (apparently) fixes the problem:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=261183&action=diff&collapsed=&headers=1&format=raw
> 
> Could you please apply this patch to the Debian kernel, until it is included in upstream?

Sorry to hear that. Would it be possible for you to confirm that the
patch fixes your issue, following:

https://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html#s4.2.2

Regards,
Salvatore