[CentOS] Re: machine with 2 ethernet cards e1000 and forcedeth

[Scott Silva]

Jerry Geis spake the following on 8/30/2007 1:46 PM:
> I am using centos 5 x86_64 AMD64 X2 4200+. I am current on yum update.
> 
> My machine has two ethernet cards. e1000 (eth0) and forcedeth (eth1)
> 
> [root at fsdsigns2 ~]# more /etc/modprobe.conf
> alias eth0 e1000
> alias eth1 forcedeth
> 
> 
> 
> sometimes on boot the forcedeth driver thinks it is eth0:
> [root at fsdsigns2 ~]# dmesg | grep eth
> forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.60.
> forcedeth: using HIGHDMA
> eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01458:e000 bound to 0000:00:07.0
> e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
> e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow 
> Control: RX/TX
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> eth1: no IPv6 routers present
> 
> 
> 
> 
> however, sometimes it starts up correctly:
> [root at fsdsigns2 ~]# dmesg | grep eth
> forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.60.
> e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
> forcedeth: using HIGHDMA
> eth1: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 01458:e000 bound to 0000:00:07.0
> e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow 
> Control: RX/TX
> 
> 
> How can I get this connection to RELIABLY come up
> each time as eth0 is e1000 and eth1 is forcedeth
> 
This is a known problem with the forcedeth driver and some of the newer 
ethernet controllers it is used on. There is supposed to be a patch coming in 
the latest 2.6 kernel, but who knows how long it might take to be backported 
by upstream. Does your board manufacturer supply a linux driver?


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