AFAIK, there is no 83566DC. I assume you meant 82566DC in which case you definitely want to use the e1000e driver. >-----Original Message----- >From: linux-net-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-net- >owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Fink >Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:46 PM >To: Timothy Normand Miller >Cc: linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: Problems with RealTek R8111B and Intel 83566DC NICs > >Hi, > >On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > >> I'm having a problem with both of the built-in NICs of my MSI X48 >> Platinum motherboard. The docs at kernel.org seem to suggest this >> list. I hope this is the right list to post to. >> >> I'm using Gentoo with kernel version 2.6.25-gentoo-r5, a 'genkernel'. >> >> The NIC that seems to work at all is the RealTek. It works fine after >> booting, but if I do any significant amount of network traffic, the >> NIC just seems to lockup. Restarting the net service doesn't help, and >> rmmod'ing the module and insmod'ing it doesn't help either. >> >> This post: >> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=160512 >> seems to suggest that the Linux driver (back in 2007) would >> inadvertently switch the device off. Are there still problems with >> this driver? Any suggestions as to how to diagnose the problem? >> >> Alternatively, I can use the Intel 83566DC, but for the life of me, I >> cannot figure out which kernel module supports this device. Google >> searches come up empty. How can I figure out which module to use? > >Since the Intel 83566DC appears to be a PCI-E GigE NIC, I would assume >you should use the e1000e driver. > > -Bill >-- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in >the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
