[ALUG] Centos7

[Hamisi Jabe]

CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 supports only Gigabits NIC and not 100Mb nics any more

https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=47382&sid=08e24a683d42ed5669d61ecc7026d7af




On 15/07/2014 10:29 asubuhi, Andreas Tauscher via Linux wrote:
> On 07/14/2014 04:35 PM, Andreas Tauscher via Linux wrote:
>>> I tried but Centos 7 is running kernel 3.10 and it seem to support the
>>> following type of ethernet and not D-Link
> Another way to find out if a card is supported:
> lspci -nn
> The output will look like this:
> [...]
> 00:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit
> Ethernet Controller [8086:100e] (rev 02)
> [...]
>
> If lspci shows already a model name like here "82540EM Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller" it is usual supported.
> Our interest is now: [8086:100e]
>
> cat /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.pcimap | grep 8086 | grep 100e
> will give you the module supporting this device.
>
> For your VIA Ethernetcard the PCI Id should be: [1106:3106]
>
> Maybe applicable parameters to load the module you get with modinfo
> module name.
>
> If the module is not loading try the parameter debug=1 watch the syslog
> output and then....
> Reading the comments in the module source code might give a hint. Write
> an patch and file an bug report.
>
> Andreas
>
> PS: Just have seen in the sources:
> The board is only working in a bus master PCI slot. Is PCI bus master
> enabled in the BIOS? Or is is located in a not bus master capable PCI
> slot? If you mainboard has more than 4 PCI slots not all might be master
> capable.
> If you have an older mainboard still having a AGP slot try the second
> slot left from the AGP slot. The slot direct beside the AGP slot often
> shares some resources with AGP.
> If the bios is buggy setpci might help, but be careful with this tool:
> It is powerful ;>
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