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From: "Darren Lissimore"
Hey all,
Thread lurking, and figured I'd chime in. We have had a hell of a time getting the SuSE amd64 based kernels to behave properly with Intel Pro 1000 cards.
We've tried: 1) ethtool for forcing speed and duplex to 100baseT Full linux # ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off 2) mii-diag for forcing speed and duplex to 100baseT Full linux # mii-diag -F 100baseTx-FD -A 100baseTx-FD 3) passing kernel driver parameters in ...
all to no avail... the last thing we tried was booting to dos and using intels diagnostic / settings utilities to force the card to 100 full. Even that crapped out after a reboot of the box.
I think the problem may be more serious than just Auto-detection not working. We've got s2885's with a PCI-X Intel Pro 1000 card. Would like to get 2 cards working reliably but would rejoice with one working reliably.
Any other experiences with other kernels / distro's ?
Darren
I don't believe this is a kernel problem as I have several of these cards working just fine. I even have a few dual port Pro 1000 cards and a single Quad port card that appear to be working just fine at 1000Mb. I did have a few have problems at 100Mb but I fixed that by setting my switch port to 100Mb FULL instead of auto-sensing. What kind of switch are you using? I am wondering if this is a issue with some cheaper switches. But I do have a few cheap Netgear switches I have no problems with as well. Brad Dameron SeaTab Software www.seatab.com