Re: Intel E1000 and IDE problems

[Teodor Iacob <Teodor.Iacob@astral.ro>]

I found something really interesting. I am now able to reproduce problems 
exactly at the same point:

If I boot the machine without ethernet cables connected before loading
the kernel the machine seems to work fine for a while. If I put for
example a crossover cable between the cards I cannot even boot the system!
right after the kernel initialization after it starts the init I get
IDE errors and then freezes because it cannot run the commands in
rc.sysinit.

I have to mention I also tried the built-in driver of intel e1000.
The 5.2.20 of course it was loaded as a module at network scripts
initialization.

So the problems trims down to how can those NICs can affect the IDE
only when they have cables connected ( even though without the driver
initialization they don't have the led link on ) even without traffic
going through them.

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 07:02:27PM -0800, Feldman, Scott wrote:
> > I recently put up 2 intel network adapters:
> > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545EM Gigabit 
> > Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
> > 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545EM Gigabit 
> > Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
> > 
> > ( I replaced some Intel PRO1000 Desktop which I had before ) and now
> > I get serious problems with the hda disk:
> 
> Did you put the 82545 nics in the same slots where you had the desktop
> nics?
> 
> Are the 82545 nics on the same bus segment as the disk controller?  Are
> there any shared interrupts?  See lcpci -vvv.
> 
> -scott
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-- 
      Teodor Iacob,
Manager Infrastructura Nationala
Astral Telecom Internet