Re: nfsroot doesn't work with intel card since 2.6.12.2/2.6.11

[Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>]

On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 19:54 -0200, Carlos Carvalho wrote:
> We have several machines with Intel Corp. 82544EI Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (Copper) (rev 02), as reported by lspci. They don't manage
> to mount the rootfs via nfs anymore. I've tried several combinations
> and the last one that works is 2.6.12.2 using the 2.6.11 version of
> the driver (simply replacing the files in the tree). 2.6.12.2 with its
> own driver doesn't work.
> 
> There seems to be a pattern: at each version the machine has more
> difficulty mounting the rootfs. Other machines using other ethercards
> but with the same server and filesystem work normally.
> 
> This is a showstopper for us since we cannot upgrade the kernel.
> 
> The same problem happens with 2.4, and the last combination that
> manages to boot is 2.4.32-pre1 with the 2.4.30 driver.
> 
> Any hints?

Not easy, given that you've told us nothing about your actual setup.
However at a quick guess: have you tried the 'tcp' mount option?

Cheers,
  Trond