Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:04:07 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: e1000/ICH8LAN weirdness - no ethtool link until initially forced up |
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Hi!
> >>This behavior differs from every other network card, and is also present > >>in the > >>7.3* version of the driver from sourceforge. > >> > >>I think the e1000 should try to raise the link during the probe, so that > >>it > >>works properly, without having to set ifconfig ethX up first. > > > >I think you should cc e1000 maintainers, and perhaps provide a patch.... > > I've read it and not come up with an answer due to some other issues at > hand. E1000 hardware works differently and this has been asked before, but > the cards itself are in low power state when down. Changing this to bring > up the link would make the card start to consume lots more power, which > would automatically suck enormously for anyone using a laptop.
Well, maybe E1000 should behave as the other cards behave, and different solution needs to be found for power saving? ifconfig eth0 suspend?
Pavel
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