2.4 doesn't see my PCI-e NIC

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[TheEricHarris]

I have a Dell R210 with two onboard NICs that are detectetd fine.  I have a Rosewill RC-411 PCI-e NIC that is not being detected by ENDIAN.  

It did detect it at one point.

root@scfw1:~ # cat /var/log/messages  | grep eth2
Aug  4 08:46:00 efw-community kernel: [    5.034486] eth2: Identified chip type is 'RTL8168D/8111D'.
Aug  4 08:46:00 efw-community kernel: [    5.034489] eth2: RTL8168B/8111B at 0xf8844000, 00:0a:cd:1a:d5:ce, IRQ 220


ifconfig shows:
root@scfw1:~ # ifconfig
br0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B8:AC:6F:87:45:52
          inet addr:172.30.100.144  Bcast:172.30.100.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::baac:6fff:fe87:4552/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:785 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:880 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:50155 (48.9 KiB)  TX bytes:577730 (564.1 KiB)

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B8:AC:6F:87:45:52
          inet6 addr: fe80::baac:6fff:fe87:4552/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:785 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:970 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:66761 (65.1 KiB)  TX bytes:586206 (572.4 KiB)
          Interrupt:16 Memory:da000000-da012700

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr B8:AC:6F:87:45:53
          inet addr:192.168.157.175  Bcast:192.168.157.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::baac:6fff:fe87:4553/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:321 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:43 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:47393 (46.2 KiB)  TX bytes:3987 (3.8 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Memory:dc000000-dc012700

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:507 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:507 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:89894 (87.7 KiB)  TX bytes:89894 (87.7 KiB)




Any suggestions on what I can try?

[TheEricHarris]

It shows in lspci -v on first boot:

01:00.0 Class ffff: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gi
gabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
        Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 255
        I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Memory at <unassigned> (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
        Expansion ROM at <ignored> [disabled by cmd]
        Capabilities: [fc] <chain broken>



WTF.  Is this an IRQ conflict?

[danielcsgomes]

You have to install drivers manually, you have to download the EFW Community 2.4 devel SRMPS to install the packages you need to install your nic drivers.

I have to do the same for my Atheros AR8131 onboard nic.

http://efwsupport.com/index.php?topic=610.msg1697

See that topic but remember that you need the 2.4 version of devel SRMPS.

[TheEricHarris]

Here's an update.

I bought a HP NC110T Pci express Gigabit NIC.  It works just fine with 2.4 on a Dell PowerEdge R210 (3 NICs total).