Intel on-board NIC negotiates at 10mbps instead of 1gbps (new Intel P55KG motherboard), driver bug?

Intel on-board NIC negotiates at 10mbps instead of 1gbps (new Intel P55KG motherboard), driver bug?

[Justin Piszcz]

Hello,

I recently purchased/installed an Intel DP55KG motherboard and when I
boot from the System Rescue CD (1.3.0) the on-board NIC only
negotiates at 10mbps, when I plug the same cable into two other Intel
x1 PCI-e nics, they negotiate at 1gbps without any issue.  My old
system also negotiated at 1gbps (a DG965WH) board.

I understand support for chip has recently been added to the e1000e
driver, has this been resolved in newer kernels?

I am asking as I am still running memtest etc before putting the box
in production, thanks.

>From the logs:

e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.0.2-k2
e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: pci_enable_pcie_error_
reporting failed 0xfffffffb
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: setting latency timer to 64
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) (mac address)
0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 9, PHY: 9, PBA No: ffffff-0ff

e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
eth0: no IPv6 routers present

Please cc as I am not on the lists, thanks.

(resent as plain-text)

Justin.

Re: Intel on-board NIC negotiates at 10mbps instead of 1gbps (new Intel P55KG motherboard), driver bug?

[Justin Piszcz]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently purchased/installed an Intel DP55KG motherboard and when I
> boot from the System Rescue CD (1.3.0) the on-board NIC only
> negotiates at 10mbps, when I plug the same cable into two other Intel
> x1 PCI-e nics, they negotiate at 1gbps without any issue.  My old
> system also negotiated at 1gbps (a DG965WH) board.
>
> I understand support for chip has recently been added to the e1000e
> driver, has this been resolved in newer kernels?
>
> I am asking as I am still running memtest etc before putting the box
> in production, thanks.
>
> From the logs:
>
> e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.0.2-k2
> e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: pci_enable_pcie_error_
> reporting failed 0xfffffffb
> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: setting latency timer to 64
> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
> 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) (mac address)
> 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
> 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 9, PHY: 9, PBA No: ffffff-0ff
>
> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
> e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
> 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
>
> Please cc as I am not on the lists, thanks.
>
> (resent as plain-text)
>
> Justin.
>


I spoke with Intel, they said they do not support Linux :-P

"However, Linux* has not been tested on this desktop board and we do
not offer any drivers for that operating system."

-- Can someone from Intel on the list (or linux-net) comment on this?
If the problem still occurs with the latest 2.6.31-rcX, I should try
and/or use the latest e1000e driver from here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/ -- aside from that, are there
any other workarounds (if the problem persists)?

I have used the same cable with 3 different NICs (two x1 PCI-e) and
the last system I had was PCI-e (on-board) all negotiated 1gbps, this
one though only negotiates at 10mbps duplex.

Is this a known bug?

Justin.

RE: Intel on-board NIC negotiates at 10mbps instead of 1gbps (new Intel P55KG motherboard), driver bug?

[Allan, Bruce W]

Whom did you speak with at Intel?  They were obviously mistaken when they said both Linux has not been tested on the board as well as not providing drivers for it.  I'd like to correct that on our end if I can.

Initial support for this device was pushed upstream a while ago.  Your exact issue however is a known one with newer GbE EEPROMs provided with the latest hardware.  The fix is in the queue to be pushed upstream, but in the meantime you can run the latest e1000e driver (version 1.0.15) found on e1000.sourceforge.net which already has the fix.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
>owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Justin Piszcz
>Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:07 AM
>To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>Cc: linux-net@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: Intel on-board NIC negotiates at 10mbps instead of 1gbps (new
>Intel P55KG motherboard), driver bug?
>
>On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I recently purchased/installed an Intel DP55KG motherboard and when I
>> boot from the System Rescue CD (1.3.0) the on-board NIC only
>> negotiates at 10mbps, when I plug the same cable into two other Intel
>> x1 PCI-e nics, they negotiate at 1gbps without any issue.  My old
>> system also negotiated at 1gbps (a DG965WH) board.
>>
>> I understand support for chip has recently been added to the e1000e
>> driver, has this been resolved in newer kernels?
>>
>> I am asking as I am still running memtest etc before putting the box
>> in production, thanks.
>>
>> From the logs:
>>
>> e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.0.2-k2
>> e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation.
>> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
>> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: pci_enable_pcie_error_
>> reporting failed 0xfffffffb
>> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: setting latency timer to 64
>> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
>> 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) (mac address)
>> 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
>> 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 9, PHY: 9, PBA No: ffffff-0ff
>>
>> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
>> e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 36 for MSI/MSI-X
>> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
>> e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 10 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX
>> 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
>> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
>> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
>>
>> Please cc as I am not on the lists, thanks.
>>
>> (resent as plain-text)
>>
>> Justin.
>>
>
>
>I spoke with Intel, they said they do not support Linux :-P
>
>"However, Linux* has not been tested on this desktop board and we do
>not offer any drivers for that operating system."
>
>-- Can someone from Intel on the list (or linux-net) comment on this?
>If the problem still occurs with the latest 2.6.31-rcX, I should try
>and/or use the latest e1000e driver from here:
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000/ -- aside from that, are there
>any other workarounds (if the problem persists)?
>
>I have used the same cable with 3 different NICs (two x1 PCI-e) and
>the last system I had was PCI-e (on-board) all negotiated 1gbps, this
>one though only negotiates at 10mbps duplex.
>
>Is this a known bug?
>
>Justin.
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