Does ubuntu has intel 1G/bits wire Ethernet driver?

[loody]

hi

2011/1/12 Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 4:07 AM, loody <miloody at gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi all:
>
>> I successfully install ethtool and the outputs are attached at the end of mail.
>> It seems ethtool know my ethernet card support 1000Gbps but why the
>> speed is 10Mb?
>> I install XP at the same machine and restart the system, and XP tell
>> me the ethernet right now is 1Gbps.
>> My questions are:
>> 1. how could I know the ethernet card is operating in 1Gbps?
>>  ( The speed will show 1Gbps?)
>> 2. is there any config i need to change to enable 1Gbps?
>> BR,
>> miloody
>> $ sudo ethtool eth0
>> Settings for eth0:
>>        Supported ports: [ TP ]
>>        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>>                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>>                                1000baseT/Full
>>        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
>>        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>>                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>>                                1000baseT/Full
>>        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
>>        Speed: 10Mb/s
>>        Duplex: Full
>>        Port: Twisted Pair
>>        PHYAD: 1
>>        Transceiver: internal
>>        Auto-negotiation: on
>>        Supports Wake-on: pumbag
>>        Wake-on: g
>>        Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
>>        Link detected: yes
>> $
>>
>
> In 2008 there were a lot of issues with the driver you are using:
> e1000e. A quick search on Google brought a lot of hits, some of them
> as late as 2010. Could it be that you are facing the consequences of
> an awfully bad driver?
>
> http://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=ubuntu+eth+driver+e1000e+bug&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=ubuntu+driver+e1000e+gigabit&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=9bef8cda26d1a6ec
>
>
thanks for your suggestion.
I follow the instructions below and I can see 1000Gbps through ethtool
on my platform.

http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1390410&page=2

Regards,
miloody