Intel I281-LM network card not working with Debian Stable

[Siebrand Klein <siebrand.klein@eu.omron.com>]

Dear Debian-users list,

I have a computer with one Intel I218-LM
and two Intel I210 network adapters.
The I210's are found correctly, but
the I218 isn't.

Can anyone give me some advice on how
to get the I218 up and running? I found some (old) information that a newer
version of the e1000e kernel module might help, but I would like to stick
to the standard distribution files. If it is necessary to update, preferably
to some testing packages then...

I'm using a fairly standard Debian Stable
(jessie) installation. Please see the output of some commands below.


root@debian:~# uname -a
Linux debian 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.39-1+deb8u2
(2017-03-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux


root@debian:~# lspci  | egrep -i --color 'network|ethernet'
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet
Connection I218-LM (rev 04)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210
Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210
Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)


root@debian:~# ls /sys/class/net/
eth0  eth1  lo

 
root@debian:~# lspci -v | grep -i Ethernet -A 15
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet
Connection I218-LM (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Intel
Corporation Device 0000
        Flags: fast devsel,
IRQ 20
        Memory at f7e00000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Memory at f7e38000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at f060
[size=32]
        Capabilities:
[c8] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities:
[d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities:
[e0] PCI Advanced Features

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220
Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Intel
Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2
        Flags: bus master,
medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at f7e37000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities:
[50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities:
[58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
--
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210
Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Omron
Corporation Device 003a
        Flags: bus master,
fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at f7d00000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at e000
[size=32]
        Memory at f7d20000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities:
[40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities:
[50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+
        Capabilities:
[70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=5 Masked-
        Capabilities:
[a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities:
[100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities:
[140] Device Serial Number 00-00-0a-ff-ff-f8-fe-c5
        Capabilities:
[1a0] Transaction Processing Hints
        Kernel driver
in use: igb

05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210
Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Omron
Corporation Device 0039
        Flags: bus master,
fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
        Memory at f7c00000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        I/O ports at d000
[size=32]
        Memory at f7c20000
(32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities:
[40] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities:
[50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable+ 64bit+
        Capabilities:
[70] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=5 Masked-
        Capabilities:
[a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities:
[100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities:
[140] Device Serial Number 00-00-0a-ff-ff-f8-fe-c6
        Capabilities:
[1a0] Transaction Processing Hints
        Kernel driver
in use: igb


Thanks,
Siebrand