[gPXE] Intel NIC Link-state problem

[Christopher Armenio]

Andrew,
Thanks for the quick reply. I tried the gPXE 0.9.7 image as you suggested,
but it didn't detected the NIC at all. Here are the results of some playing
around:

gPXE 1.0.0:
e1000 - not detected
eepro - not detected
eepro100 - detected, but incorrect link-state

gPXE 0.9.7:
e1000 - not detected
eepro - not detected
eepro100 - not detected


Here is a dump from lspci:
02:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 8255xER/82551IT Fast Ethernet
Controller (rev 10)
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
    Memory at 81020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    I/O ports at 4000 [size=64]
    Memory at 81000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
    Expansion ROM at a0000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
    Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
    Kernel driver in use: e100
    Kernel modules: e100


Any thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks!
-Chris


On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:31 PM, <rulerof at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Chris,
>
> While I can't really help troubleshoot your issue, there was just another
> thread on the list today about a fellow who was unable to pull DHCP with
> gPXE on an eepro100 but the vendor PXE was working just fine.
>
> You can get more info here:
> http://etherboot.org/pipermail/gpxe/2010-April/000869.html
>
> Apparently, the eepro100 driver underwent significant changes recently, the
> suggestion Thomas mentioned was to try a build that uses the old driver.
> gPXE 0.9.7 should include that driver. I don't know exactly where to get the
> source code, but you can likely find the appropriate image you're seeking
> from rom-o-matic via this link:
> http://rom-o-matic.net/gpxe/gpxe-0.9.7/contrib/rom-o-matic/
>
> Give that a try and please let us know, if there's an issue that needs to
> be corrected then I'm sure the more information we get back, the better.
>
> Best of luck to you,
> Andrew Bobulsky
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2010 9:17pm, Christopher Armenio <
> Christopher.Armenio at resquared.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I seem to be having a problem getting gPXE to correctly
> > interact with my intel NIC (integrated intel eepro100). I believe gPXE
> > is incorrectly reporting the link as being down. There are both link
> > and activity lights on the physical interface, and I can see the RX
> > counter incrementing using the 'ifstat' command.
> >
> >
> > Any thoughts/suggestions?
> > Thanks!
> > -Chris
>
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