After upgrading to 2.6.9-1.698.FC3, I get errors like: e1000: eth0: e1000_setup_tx_resources: Unable to Allocate aligned Memory for the Transmit descriptor ring SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory Failed to bring up eth0 when I try to bring up any of the interfaces in this box (Dell 1600 SC with 4 e1000s in it)
Same thing with kernel-smp-2.6.9-1.1018_FC4. Nothing more current than 1.681 seems to work This box has the following NICs: 00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02) 01:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 04) 02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 04) 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 04) I get that same error for both the onboard and the PCI add-on NICs
2.6.9-1.715_FC3smp fixes this