None of that worked. When I edited out the HWADDR lines, I got this instead:

Feb 7 06:36:34 sparenode1 network: Setting network parameters: succeeded Feb 7 06:36:34 sparenode1 network: Bringing up loopback interface: succeeded Feb 7 06:36:34 sparenode1 ifup: e1000 device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. Feb 7 06:36:34 sparenode1 network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed Feb 7 06:36:34 sparenode1 ifup: e1000 device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. Feb 7 06:36:34 sparenode1 network: Bringing up interface eth1: failed

Hwconf did not change significantly when I ran kudzu, so I have no idea what's going on here.

Again, this works exactly as is on 32-bit builds. It only fails on the 64 bit build.

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Radu Radutiu Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:47 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with 2.6.11.4 kernel and e1000 driver -Correction

Editing out HWADDR should fix your problem. Another possible solution is to check that the value in the HWADDR line in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX is the same as listed in the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf for the corresponding network interface. Also make sure that the files /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-ethX and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 are hard links to the same file. You can regenerate the content of the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf by removing it and running kudzu again.