On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Jarek Poplawski [off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 08:49:17PM -0500, Caleb Cushing wrote:

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modprobe -r e1000e
modprobe e1000e IntMode=0

Jarek P.

tested on kernel behaving properly no change. what do these modes do?

e1000e by default uses MSI-X interrupts if possible, which are most
modern. If there are some problems IntMode lets us try older types,
so I rather meant it for the misbehaving kernel.

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I've installed a 10/100 linksys nic into my system. it appears to be
working fine on a bad kernel (2.6.32-final tested and for sure
verified). I've only tested it once though. my laptop died so direct
connection between that won't work. can I test between these 2 nics?
(suppose no real reason why not) but what should I proceed with at
this point?

If you have it fixed easily with another nic you should first
reconsider if this debugging is worth of your time. Of course it's
could be very useful for the kernel (unless it's a hardware fault),
but on the other hand this is a popular nic, tested by many people.

trying to figure out if it's hardware, I wish I'd figured that out a
month ago because dell would have been shipping me a new mobo at that
point... oh well... I'm starting to think it is but given the age of
the computer... (just over 1 year now) I'm not happy about that. my
nic is a 10/100 card the e1000e is obviously gigabit though I don't
think I've a need (or network) for the gigabit atm
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