e1000 cannot bring up intel pro/1000 MT interface

[Praveen Kallakuri <prav@cox.net>]

hi,

i have a dell precision 360 with an Intel® PRO/1000 MT Gigabit6 Ethernet 
LOM. i learned that e1000 is the driver and got it by compiling kernel 
2.4.22. i inserted aprop entries in /etc/network/interfaces and in 
modutils/ and updated modules.conf. when i try to bring up the 
interface, this message appears on the console

e1000: eth0 NIC Link is up 100Mbps full duplex

without any obvious error message. but when i check ifconfig, i get all 
the lines in a standard interface display except the line with the IP 
address and mask. route is empty and trying to directly use dhclient or 
pump gives similar results. mii-tool gives a SIGG..something error. what 
should i do?

is the driver correct?