From ruben at mrbrklyn.com Sat Dec 9 21:18:12 2017 From: ruben at mrbrklyn.com (Ruben Safir) Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 14:18:12 -0500 Subject: [artix-general] e1000e kernel module upgrade Message-ID: <0a398d78-e8c5-52d4-890e-eb7da09bfe4e@mrbrklyn.com> I'm having trouble with my ethernet hardware and intel has a new version of the module that is not in the current kernel source https://downloadmirror.intel.com/15817/eng/e1000e-3.3.6.tar.gz The current one keeps reseting Code: [Select] [259497.984722] e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx [265528.099523] r8169 0000:06:00.0 eth0: link down [265530.275688] r8169 0000:06:00.0 eth0: link up [265542.783353] r8169 0000:06:00.0 eth0: link down [265544.941216] r8169 0000:06:00.0 eth0: link up [269758.681906] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth1: Detected Hardware Unit Hang: [269760.682097] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth1: Detected Hardware Unit Hang: [269762.682256] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth1: Detected Hardware Unit Hang: [269763.641482] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth1: Reset adapter unexpectedly [269769.643665] e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx [www3 ~]# modinfo e1000e filename: /lib/modules/4.9.67-1-lts/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko.gz version: 3.2.6-k license: GPL description: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver author: Intel Corporation, srcversion: 65DB28C103308597281BE3A That is a whole version less than the current one on the intel site. Is there a pacman way of installing the tar.gz tarball? and is there a way of keeping it with kernel upgrades? Ruben -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013