Hi,

I'm trying to configure the second ethernet port on my computer. The operating system is RHEL 3 with the following kernel:

Linux tostada 2.4.21-47.EL.cern #1 Mon Jul 24 16:17:13 CEST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

The output of lspci is:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 29b0 (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 29b2 (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 10bd (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2937 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2938 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2939 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 293c (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2940 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2948 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2934 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2935 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2936 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 293a (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2914 (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2920 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2930 (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2926 (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2932 (rev 02)
0d:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
11:00.0 Class ff00: Measurement Computing PCI-DAS6402/16 (rev 02)
11:01.0 DPIO module: Adlink Technology: Unknown device 7248 (rev 02)
11:04.0 IDE interface: Integrated Technology Express, Inc.: Unknown device 8213
11:08.0 Communication controller: National Instruments PCI-GPIB (rev 02)
11:09.0 Communication controller: National Instruments: Unknown device d260 (rev 01)
11:0a.0 Class ff00: National Instruments: Unknown device 12b0 (rev 01)

and there is no mention of eth1 in dmesg.

I'm fairly certain that the second controller is an Intel 82566DM-2 (although not 100% as I didn't put this computer together). Does anyone know a way to tell for sure?

My suspicion is that it is a driver problem. Can someone explain the difference between the e1000 driver (which I do see running the 82573L Controller), and e1000e driver? I've seen conflicting advice from question boards as to which one I need for this particular ethernet controller. Also, is there any advice on which is the preferred driver for the older RHEL 3 & kernel (and no, updating the kernel is not an option, it's necessary for some specialty software applications)?

Thanks so much!

Hi,

You can update your pci:id file to remove the 'unknown device' error.



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Thanks, now I can confirm the device is what I thought. Any ideas on the driver?

Hi,

First, notice the wrap of your lspci with the vbcode tag #(code) to make things cleaner therefore easier to read.

Post the output for 'lspci -k' for the Ethernet devices. What does 'ifconfig -a' show?

Why not contact RH tech support since your still using a 2.4 kernel and wish to support newer devices?