Bug 476754

Summary: The Realtek RTL8101L chipset (network card) not supported by kernel
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Răzvan Sandu <rsandu2004>
Component: kernelAssignee: Ivan Vecera <ivecera>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
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Version: 5.2CC: ivecera, marius.stracna
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Description Răzvan Sandu 2008-12-16 22:41:50 UTC 
Description of problem:

On a system containing a Gigabyte GA-8LD533 rev. 1.0 mainboard we have an integrated Ethernet network card. The chipset is Realtek RTL8101L (the card is Gigabit-capable).

In system-config-network, the network card is "seen" erroneously as *two* FastEthernet devices, type "Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+", one of which cannot be configured. We have no network connection.

System is stock CentOS 5.2, with all online updates, as of December 16, 2008.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install CentOS on a system containing this mainboard, with integrated network card.
2. Open system-config-network

  
Actual results:
Ethernet network card is "seen" erroneously; it cannot be properly configured.

Expected results:
Network card should allow configuration and perform normally.


Best regards,
Răzvan
Comment 1 Răzvan Sandu 2008-12-16 22:57:24 UTC 
The smolt profile of this system, *without* the integrated network card (which was administratively disabled from BIOS), is available here:

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_c35a026d-1e57-40c4-b7f2-916b0524656c

Three other network cards were added:

- 2 pcs.  DLink DGE-528T, chipset DLink DLG10028C, Gigabit-capable;
- 1 pc. Edimax EN-9230TX-32, chipset Realtek RTL8169SC, Gigabit-capable.



For documenting hardware for this mainboard (hope it helps !), full output of "lspci -vvv" is:


[root@homerouter1 ~]# lspci -vvv
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-8PE667 Ultra
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Capabilities: [e4] Vendor Specific Information

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 2562
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 185
	Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
	Region 1: Memory at ea000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
	Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 24c2
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 185
	Region 4: I/O ports at d800 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 24c2
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 193
	Region 4: I/O ports at d000 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 24c2
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 169
	Region 4: I/O ports at d400 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Unknown device 5006
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 177
	Region 0: Memory at ea080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
	Latency: 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
	I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
	Memory behind bridge: e8000000-e9ffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 30000000-300fffff
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-8PE667 Ultra
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
	Region 0: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Region 1: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Region 2: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Region 3: I/O ports at <unassigned>
	Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
	Region 5: Memory at 30100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-8PE667 Ultra
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 217
	Region 4: I/O ports at 5000 [size=32]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology GA-8PE667 Ultra
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 217
	Region 0: I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
	Region 1: I/O ports at e400 [size=64]
	Region 2: Memory at ea081000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
	Region 3: Memory at ea082000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
	Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 128 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 169
	Region 0: I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
	Region 1: Memory at e9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

01:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
	Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 128 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 201
	Region 0: I/O ports at c400 [size=256]
	Region 1: Memory at e9001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 30040000 [disabled] [size=64K]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

01:02.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 10)
	Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 128 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 209
	Region 0: I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
	Region 1: Memory at e9002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at 30020000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Comment 2 Ivan Vecera 2009-05-22 15:15:33 UTC 
The support for this chipset is included in RHEL 5.3. Did you try the kernel from this release?
Comment 3 Răzvan Sandu 2009-05-24 06:41:54 UTC 
Hello,

Since these are *production* machines, usually located in isolated, remote places, I have no possibility to re-enable the integrated LAN and recheck.

But we've automatically upgraded fron CentOS 5.2 to CentOS 5.3 in all our network and didn't have the slightest problem with any network card, on any of our machines (which previously required a non-nofficial kernel, crafted for the RTL8168/8169 chipset).

So I suspect everything is OK now, this bug can be closed...

Many thanks,
Răzvan
Comment 4 Ivan Vecera 2009-05-25 06:56:59 UTC 
OK, I'm closing this issue.