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From: Ben Liblit <liblit@acm.org>
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 10600] New: e1000 updates rx_bytes infrequently
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 00:44:39 -0500
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Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> and for e1000e (which you should be using for 82566)

That seems unlikely.  When I replace "alias eth0 e1000" with "alias eth0 
e100e" in my module configuration I lose the network interface entirely. 
  "ip link" does not mention it and it does not appear in 
"/sys/class/net".  Switching back to "alias eth0 e1000" restores the 
ability to use the network interface.

It seems pretty clear from my end that the e1000e driver is *not* 
recognizing and driving my Intel 82566DC ethernet device.