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Re: SL 308 - e1000 module fails on an intel 92563EB Ge NIC
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Stefano Stalio <[log in to unmask]>
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Stefano Stalio <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 6 Dec 2006 17:04:57 +0100
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John Hearns wrote:
> Stefano Stalio wrote:
>>
>> I tried downloading the driver from the intel site, compiling and install
>> ing
>> it but insmod says:
>>
>> /lib/modules/2.4.21-47.0.1.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.o:
>> unresolved symbol pci_set_consistent_dma_mask
>>
> 
> Did you compile the driver against a 2.4.21-47 kernel source tree?

Yes, I did

> I would agree with Troy though - downloading and compiling a driver is 
> not the first thing to test.
> Maybe your motherboard is genuinely damaged - do lights come on when you 
> plug the cable into the NIC? And as has been said, ethtool is good.
> 

I tried it on two machines

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