Re: e1000 driver not loading in 2.6.24.3 on x86_64 (worked in 2.6.24-rc7)

[Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com>]

On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 03:42:58PM -0500, Clem Taylor wrote:
> I'm trying to move from 2.6.24-rc7 to 2.6.24.3 on a x86_64 desktop
> machine. With 2.6.24.3, the e1000 driver (compiled in, not a module)
> does not claim the device. In 2.6.24-rc7 it works just fine.
> 
> The ethernet device shows up in lspci in both kernels, but the driver
> doesn't seem to probe the card in 2.6.24.3
> 
> 2.6.24-rc7:
> loop: module loaded
> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k2
> Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:00.0 to 64
> e1000: 0000:04:00.0: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:Width x1) 00:16:76:c9:33>
> e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection

Note the difference between the above line start (e1000)
and this one:

> e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.2.0
> e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Intel Corporation.

> 2.6.24.3:
> loop: module loaded

And note the absence of e1000 here:

> e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.2.0
> e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2007 Intel Corporation.
> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2

In other words, you need the e1000 driver but don't have it.

Phil