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Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:45:06 +0800
From: Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@greshko.com>
Subject: Re: Vostro 200 driver
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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tony.chamberlain@lemko.com wrote:

>> 2. What is the output of lspci?
>
>
>
> 00:19.0 Ethernet Controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown Device 10c0 (rev 02)

It would appear that your hardware is not being detected correctly. I would
have expected something like:

04:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet
Controller (rev 02)

A quick google check seems to indicate you should download the latest
drivers from Intel.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&Inst=Yes&ProductID=839&Dwnl dID=9180&strOSs=39&OSFullName=Linux*&lang=eng

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He found it finally:
I was finally able to find the driver. It is the e1000-7.6.5.tar.gz file. I installed it and it works. The network card is detected and works okay.

Why are there so many different versions? This is not the latest, or at
least not the latest according to the link I found.


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tony.chamberlain@lemko.com wrote:
...
Why are there so many different versions? This is not the latest, or at
least not the latest according to the link I found.


And why does the F9 kernels have version 7.3.20 and not a newer e1000
driver?


Mogens

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Dell Vostro 200
From: Mogens Kjaer <mk@crc.dk>
To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:56:57 AM

tony.chamberlain@lemko.com wrote:
...
Why are there so many different versions? This is not the latest, or
at least not the latest according to the link I found.


And why does the F9 kernels have version 7.3.20 and not a newer e1000
driver?


Mogens

This is actually listed by Intel as "Intel(R) 82562V-2 10/100 Network
Connection" and is supported by the e100 driver series. Unfortunately,
Intel goes through hardware device IDs like potato chips, especially
with their NICs. And since a driver cannot guess at future hardware IDs,
with each new revision of hardware that Intel decides needs a new ID an
updated driver is necessary.


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