Re: e1000/ICH8LAN weirdness - no ethtool link until initially forced up
- From: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:04:07 +0100
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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