[Bug 577564] [NEW] e1000 driver unstable

[DanielW]

Public bug reported:

My system has two on-board nvidia nics and a PCI Intel 1000 gb nic.

Originally, when I built my system, I had to disable the on-board nics
and install an Intel nic because under Linux, the forcedeth drivers were
very unstable.

I have been running Ubuntu 8.10 fine with this configuration with
absolutely no problems. I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 32 bit
desktop onto an Ext4 partition. Ever since I upgraded, my system has
gone down 3 three times. Each time before my system went down, my Intel
nic shows the connection link as down even though the link shows as
connected in my switch. Also, at this time, my system will eventually
become unresponsive forcing me to SysRq+reisub the system.  I tried
using the mainline kernel 2.6.33-020633-generic and the problem still
persists.  This bug report will show my system as having three ethernet
capable devices.  Under normal circumstances, I have the on-board nvidia
nics disabled.  If the forcedeth driver is better now, then maybe I
should get rid of the Intel nic, but the e1000 driver is touted as being
very stable and right now it is not. I would rather get this fixed,
because I have several machines at my work that run Ubuntu and they also
run this Intel nic. I will not be able to update my work machines to
Ubuntu 10.04 until this bug is fixed.

Steps to reproduce.

1. Turn on PC
2. Log on
3. Run chrome and listen to last.fm
4. When music stops, observe that 
   4.a ifconfig reveals link as down
   4.b rmmod e1000
   4.c modprobe e1000
   4.d Link will not be detected
5. Reboot to restore network

Regression.

The network driver e1000 worked fine under Ubuntu 8.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-22-generic-pae 2.6.32-22.33
Regression: Yes
Reproducible: Yes
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  danielw    1661 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Audigy2'/'SB Audigy 2 ZS [SB0360] (rev.4, serial:0x20011102) at 0xce00, irq 17'
   Mixer name	: 'SigmaTel STAC9750,51'
   Components	: 'AC97a:83847650'
   Controls      : 211
   Simple ctrls  : 46
CurrentDmesg:
 [   13.144479] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
 [   21.352503] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
 [   49.536500] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
 [   61.712519] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Date: Sat May  8 12:26:02 2010
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1e29747b-006e-4ff7-bb6e-f50280154e36
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 046d:c01e Logitech, Inc. MX518 Optical Mouse
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 06a3:8000 Saitek PLC Gamers' Keyboard
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic-pae root=UUID=8266ec88-4ab7-4e94-b1c4-13b4e8a95e97 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34
RfKill:
 
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS P5N32-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1404
dmi.board.name: P5N32-E SLI
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSP5N32-ESLIACPIBIOSRevision1404:bd02/25/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5N32-ESLI:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid needs-upstream-testing networking regression-release

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