SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 8
SuSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
ACPI enable may cause Dual Port Pro/1000 adapters to fail
Linux SNMP: Set operation fails on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Distribution
Loading and unloading modules with the Linux 2.6 Kernel
This file describes Linux distribution-specific issues. For general information and support, see the Support page.
If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue to linux.nics@intel.com.
If you get unresolved symbol errors when loading the e1000 driver, perform
the following:
Then rebuild the driver.
While building the driver on SuSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 installations,
the following warning or one similar may be displayed. It is safe to ignore this message. The
driver will load and function normally.
Symbol version dump /usr/src/<kernel-version>-obj/<arch>/<kernel flavor>/Module.symvers is
missing, modules will have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS disabled.
While loading the driver, ignore the warnings in the syslog:
linux kernel: <driver name>: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel
tainted.
linux kernel: <driver name>: unsupported module, tainting kernel.
When trying to generate an RPM from the .tar.gz file, a segmentation fault (core dump) occurs. This failure occurs because Red Hat 7.1 uses version 4.0.2 of the RPM utility. This version does not have the ability to handle parameterized macros, which are used within the e100 and e1000 spec files to generate an RPM. Updating the RPM utility to a more current version resolves the issue. The utility can be obtained from http://www.rpm.org.
If ACPI is turned on in the kernel, dual port adapters may not work. This is due to a limitation in ACPI. Currently, this affects all new versions of SuSE and the United Linux family.
Running the set operation using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 fails when using the net-snmp-5.0.8 package. This issue has been fixed in the net-snmp-5.0.9 package.
If there are errors while compiling the driver, do the following:
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A new kernel API has been implemented within the Linux 2.6 kernel regarding the module reference count. This results in the e100, e1000 and ixgb drivers being used with a module reference count of zero. Consequently, our driver module can be removed from the system while still being used by other modules. Until the other modules within the Linux stack use the new API, unintended consequences may occur with module removal. This may result in system hangs and/or panics.
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