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Description of problem: My system contains a Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2P-B3 motherboard - smolt profile is here: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_33fc5191-e5c9-41c1-b3e6-3036f57bfe1a The mainboard features an Atheros integrated network card, which in not supported by default in RHEL/CentOS6.0 (but works OK with the "kmod-atl1e" package offered by the ELREPO repository - may be added after SO installation). So I've added two identical NICs, D-Link DGE-528T, which work by default, being supported by the "r8169" kernel driver. In this configuration, only ONE D-Link DGE-528T is "seen" by the system (and offered for configuration in anaconda, during system install). Upgrading the kernel to the latest release (2.6.32-131.17.1.el.x86_64) does not help. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.32-131.17.1.el.x86_64 (tested on stock CentOS 6.0). How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a system with two identical "r8169" network cards. 2. Observe system's behaviour during installation and afterwards (including the moment after installing the latest kernel). Actual results: The system: - shows only ONE "r8169" network cards (when two identical ones are physically installed) - does not see the Atheros network card without installing third-party software Expected results: All network cards should be enabled by default and should work correctly. Additional info: Please look into bug #725193 also, which may be related to this.
After adding the "kmod-atl1e" package from ELREPO, the Atheros NIC becomes visible and works OK. Now "lspci -v" shows the following for the three NICs: Atheros: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Device 1083 (rev c0) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device e000 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 31 Memory at fbec0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K] I/O ports at df00 [size=128] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [48] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [6c] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [180] Device Serial Number ff-83-e9-c2-50-e5-49-ff Kernel driver in use: atheros_eth Kernel modules: atl1e First D-Link NIC (functional): 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 10) Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DGE-528T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17 I/O ports at ee00 [size=256] Memory at fbdff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at dc400000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169 Second D-Link NIC (non-functional - seen as a video device ??!): 04:01.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Gammagraphx, Inc. (or missing ID) Device 0002 (rev 10) Subsystem: D-Link System Inc Device 4300 Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel I/O ports at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [dc] #dc [0002]
As you clearly state, you are running CentOS, so please file the bugs with your distribution provider, ie. CentOS. http://bugs.centos.org/main_page.php
@Jes I hoped this is useful to official Red Hat, too. Switched this to bug 5288 in CentOS' bugzilla.