[gPXE] Intel NIC Link-state problem

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Wed Apr 14 14:37:09 EDT 2010


Op 20100414 om 10:29 schreef 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?
> 

Show us the output of
  lspci -n -s 02:07

The '-n' is for numeric, so we can check that PCI ID with supported PCI
IDs in gPXE. The '-s 02:07' show only the device on slot 7 on bus 2.


Groeten
Geert Stappers



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