To answer myself now :-) Intel provides a newer e1000 module source that will make the ethernet adapter work with the the smp kernel (tested on 2.6.11.4-21.8-smp). The module will detect the hardware but will NOT work with the default (non-SMP) kernel. This driver is not mentioned directly on Intel's pages about the D945GNT motherboard (they're afraid of Microsoft to say it loud, I suppose), but google will eventually dig it out. Other odd issues with D945GNTLKR: 1. It won't boot from a harddrive unless one of the partitions is marked as bootable (Windows style) in the partition table. The BIOS (tested the newest one - 1788) is quirky alltogether and many of the features are twisted or don't work as described in the documentation. Why in the world would somebody make the BIOS read the partition table? 2. The sound doesn't work with SUSE 9.3. Intel's website points to ALSA. Some people claim that the the pre-release 2.6.13 of the kernel may work, but I didn't try. Much easier to stick a cheap sound card that works inside the box ... Florin On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 florin@hum.math.cmu.edu wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to get SUSE professional 9.3 up on a system based on a P4D CPU and Intel D945GNTLKR mobo with the latest BIOS (1788).
What is the trick to get the Gigabit Ehternet adapter going?
lspci -v said: 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 108b (rev 03) Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 3094 ... whatever whatever ...
I tried to modprobe both e100 and e1000 modules but they didn't find the device.
Any hints please?
Thanks, Florin