FS#34783 : [linux] 3.8.x Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network not working

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FS#34783 - [linux] 3.8.x Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network not working

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Heinrich Siebmanns (Harvey) - Sunday, 14 April 2013, 17:28 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Wednesday, 01 May 2013, 19:57 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Kernel
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture	All
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

I have a Fujitsu Lapzop E751 vPro. According to lspci the network adapter is:
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
The kernel uses e1000e as the kernel driver.
When I boot my latop with a network cable plugged in, the Adaper is down. 'Ip addr show' says:
4: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether 5c:9a:d8:e7:c1:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
I googled around a bit and found that e1000e had some bugs in the past, but all should be fixed now.
Issuing 'echo on > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000\:00\:19.0/power/control' on a shell gets the adapter up and working without problems. All other mentioned things do not work. Unplugging and replugging, sending system to standby and waking it again a.s.o.
Although this seems to be a kernel bug I am quite unsure where to look further because I really seem to be the only person seeing this.

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Closed by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Wednesday, 01 May 2013, 19:57 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: linux 3.9.0-1