[ltp] No eth0 on T520, Ubuntu 10.4 LTS

[Martin Steigerwald]

Am Sonntag, 9. Oktober 2011 schrieb Steven J. Owens:
> Ricard,

Hi Steven,

> On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 09:07:31PM +0100, Ricardo Reis wrote:
> >  What kernel are you using?
> > =20
> >  uname -a
>=20
>      Dang, I coulda sworn I included that in my post, but I see I
> didn't.
>=20
> Linux redbitter2 2.6.32-34-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13 19:39:17
> UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Oh, thats old. That kernel actually boots that T520? Sandybridge support=20
started with 2.3.38 I believe. For proper operation of the onboard=20
graphics I suggest 3.0.


However the driver in the 2.6.32 squeeze kernel actually lists the PCI id=20
of the network card.

I get this on an T520 with Debian Sid:

merkaba:~> lspci -nn | grep -i network
00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit=20
Network Connection [8086:1502] (rev 04)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N=20
6205 [8086:0085] (rev 34)
merkaba:~> modinfo e1000e | grep 1502=20
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001502sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
merkaba:~> uname -a
Linux merkaba 3.0.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 7 20:48:45 UTC 2011 x86_64=20
GNU/Linux


And this on a Debian Squeeze:

mondschein:~> modinfo e1000e | grep 1502
alias:          pci:v00008086d00001502sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
mondschein:~> uname -a
Linux mondschein 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Fri Sep 9 20:51:05 UTC 2011 i686=20
GNU/Linux


Anyway, first check whether your ubuntu kernel has that PCI id, maybe it=20
has been backported to it. If it does, then I am stuck. I=B4d strongly=20
suggest using at least 2.6.38, better 3.0 on a T520.

Ubuntu LTS 10.04 and a laptop from this year ask for trouble, if you ask=20
me.

Ciao,
=2D-=20
Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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