Re: Strange e1000

Paul Rolland (rol@as2917.net)
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 15:41:09 +0200


Hello,

> when I load the e1000 module, my NIC is recognized. Then, "pump -i
> eth0" is called (DHCP-Client), the message "e1000: eth0 NIC
> Link is Up
> 1000 Mbps Full Duplex" appears and after some time I get the message
> "operation failed".
>
> When I sleep some time (currently 20 seconds) before doing
> the "pump",
> everything works as expected.
>
> What the hell is happening here? Ok, I got it working with the
> 20-sec-sleep but this is not the way it sould work...
>
> My Board is a Gigabyte GA-7ZXR (1.0) and the Intel NIC is a PRO/1000
> MT (should be the 82540OEM Chip). The NIC is attached to a NetGear
> FSM726S Switch (24x100 + 2x1000). It is currenty the only box
> attached

Could it be possible that the 1000MBps FD on the e1000 side is
a local configuration, and that it needs some time to discuss with
the Netgear switch to negotiate correctly speed and duplex before
working correctly ? (i.e. 20 sec = negotiation time)

Regards,
Paul

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/