[ltp] Thinkpad t60 e1000e problems

[jack makrl]

Howdy,

I have a Thinkpad T60 running Ubuntu 9.10 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP

Everything works great except the built in network controller doesn't
work, it shows up with a lspci, but the e1000e module fails to
initialize. The link leds light up on the Thinkpad and switch.

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet
Controller
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 2001
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
Region 0: Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Region 2: I/O ports at 3000 [size=32]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
Address: 00000000fee0300c Data: 41b9
Capabilities: [e0] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable+ Non-Fatal+ Fatal+ Unsupported+
RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr+ FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0
<128ns, L1 <64us
ClockPM+ Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive-
BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 69-87-57-ff-ff-41-16-00
Kernel modules: e1000e

here are the lines from /var/log/messages that relate to this:

Mar 28 19:34:27 nessie kernel: [ 1.566429] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000
Network Driver - 1.0.2-k2
Mar 28 19:34:27 nessie kernel: [ 1.566433] e1000e: Copyright (c)
1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
Mar 28 19:34:27 nessie kernel: [ 1.566491] e1000e 0000:02:00.0:
Disabling L1 ASPM
Mar 28 19:34:27 nessie kernel: [ 1.566512] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI
INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Mar 28 19:34:27 nessie kernel: [ 1.641387] e1000e 0000:02:00.0: PCI
INT A disabled
Mar 28 19:34:27 nessie kernel: [ 1.641399] e1000e: probe of
0000:02:00.0 failed with error -5

eth0 doesn't show up with a ifconfig -a

I remember trying to install 8.10 when it came out but gave up and
haven't gotten around to installing linux on this system again, until
now. A bunch of googling leads me to suspect that the nvram on the
ethernet card may have been corrupted by the e1000e driver that came
out with 8.10. When the Internal Network Option ROM setting is enabled
in the BIOS (the default) the system doesn't boot cleanly and it spits
out errors about how "the lan adaptors configuration is corrupted or
has not been initalized" and "Expansion ROM not initialized" With the
setting disabled it boots cleanly but won't work w/ linux. From what I
gather XP ignores the ROM and has no problems.

I've seen references to fixes, but the one released by lenovo requires
the card to show up as eth0 for the script to work. I've updated the
bios to the latest version.

Is anyone familiar with this issue and/or have any suggestions for a solution?

Thanks,

Jack