[Bug 295506] New: network module e1000 outdated
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295506 Summary: network module e1000 outdated Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Alpha 6 Platform: PC OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Network AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mbra@gmx.ch QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- The module for the Intel GBit card (e1000.ko) is outdated. Version shipped is 7.3.20 from last year, actual stable version is 7.6.5 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000) The problem with this outdated module on a Thinkpad T60 is described here: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_e1000:_Open_issue_with_latency "... Another fix seems to be installing the newest driver from intel (7.6.5), the latest linux kernel 2.6.22 ships with 7.3.2 and exposes latency problems on a T60 (symptom: every other ICMP response to a host on the local net takes about 1000ms" -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Martin Mrazik
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