Unrecognized NIC

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 19.11.2005 schrieb Karl Misselt um 21:11:

>    I'm trying to ugrade a NIC on a server running FC-1 (Synced to current
> Legacy repo).  Currently the server is on a 3Com 3c980-TX 10/100baseTX
> which is running fine, if a bit overloaded.  I wanted to upgrade to
> an Intel Pro/1000 MT Server adapter.  The card is recognized as a PCI
> device:
> 
>  >> /sbin/lspci -vv -d 8086:1026
> 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 04)
>          Subsystem: Intel Corp. PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter
[...]

> This is an athalon machine runing the current legacy kernel:
>  >> uname -a
> Linux XXXXX 2.4.22-1.2199.5.legacy.nptl #1 Sat Apr 30 20:01:22 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

> Any pointers on how to get this card running? Thanks in advance.
> -Karl

Get the driver sources from the Intel support page, build the e100
module from these sources and see if `modprobe -v
/path/to/module/e100.o' let the NIC appear in `dmesg' then. I guess it
will.

Alexander


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