Anandtech must have simply documented it wrong: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3212&p=2 I actually have both e1000 and e1000e loaded, but lsof reports that both of them have zero users, so I can't tell which one is being used. Either way, it seems to be up, so thank you very much for your help! On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Allan, Bruce W <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > -- Timothy Normand Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti Open Graphics Project -- 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
