Cannot get kernal module to load the driver for my NIC

[housejunkie]

Hey everyone,

I am installed Debian 5.0.5 with kernel 2.6.x.


I do a lspci and get: Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
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Kernel modules: e1000e

I know under this im supposed to see:
Kernel driver in use: e1000e <- but this doesn't exist.

So, under lsmod I see e1000e loaded:

e1000e 89192 0

I need some help here im stuck and out of ideas.
ifconfig lists no eth0

[Segfault]

You may need e1000, check with Debian GNU/Linux device driver check & report

[housejunkie]

Thanks for the quick reply Segfault,

I just pasted this:

00:00.0 0600: 8086:27a0 (rev 03)
00:01.0 0604: 8086:27a1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 02)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:27d0 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:27d2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 0604: 8086:27d4 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 0604: 8086:27d6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:27c8 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:27c9 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:27ca (rev 02)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:27cb (rev 02)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:27cc (rev 02)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev e2)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:27b9 (rev 02)
00:1f.2 0101: 8086:27c4 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:27da (rev 02)
01:00.0 0300: 1002:71d4
02:00.0 0200: 8086:109a
03:00.0 0280: 8086:4227 (rev 02)
15:00.0 0607: 104c:ac56
16:00.0 0200: 168c:0013 (rev 01)


Into the link you gave me and said it is supposed to be working with e1000e. Any other ideas?

Do you know why the Kernel Driver is not there for this particular pci device?

[Segfault]

Generally, kernel checks if PCI ID for given hardware device is included as supported in driver. I recall a couple of cases when adding PCI-ID to driver sources and rebuilding kernel made it work.

You may need a newer kernel with updated e1000e.

[Segfault]

ID-s are set in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/e1000e/hw.h

[housejunkie]

This directory doesn't exist...... /usr/src does. but there after is none existent.

[Segfault]

What is your kernel version, uname -a

[housejunkie]

2.6.26-2-686 i686

[Segfault]

What ifconfig -a tells, maybe your device is not eth0?

[housejunkie]

Its kinda hard because it not on the net im looking at the laptop and typing it here lol .....

I got this:

irda0
wlan0
wlan1
wmaster0
wmaster1

Now, im a ubuntu guy but this is a work task here, and Debian is well..... i won't go there right now lol.....