Need support for Intel Ethernet I217-LM controller [8086:153a] on Precise

[Po-Hsu Lin]

CID: 201306-13687 Dell Latitude E6440

This Ethernet controller works fine on 12.04.2 / 12.04.3 stock Ubuntu.

But its not included in the e1000e driver on 3.2 kernel (stock & 3.2.0-55)

00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM [8086:153a] (rev 04)
 Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05bd]
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
 Memory at f7f00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
 Memory at f7f3d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 I/O ports at f080 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: linux-image-3.2.0-55-generic 3.2.0-55.85
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-55.85-generic 3.2.51
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-55-generic x86_64
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC292 Analog [ALC292 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC292 Analog [ALC292 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 1623 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA:
 country TW:
  (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (3, 27)
  (5270 - 5330 @ 40), (3, 17), DFS
  (5735 - 5815 @ 40), (3, 30)
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7f34000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'Generic 0000 ID 0'
   Components : 'HDA:00000000,80860101,00100000'
   Controls : 0
   Simple ctrls : 0
Card0.Amixer.values:

Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7f30000 irq 49'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC292'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0292,102805bd,00100001'
   Controls : 19
   Simple ctrls : 10
Date: Thu Nov 7 00:58:42 2013
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b89de180-429e-45a6-b330-cee95369fbdb
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6440
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-55-generic root=UUID=26f1b115-2378-44e9-bd3f-78dd5813b635 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-55-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-55-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.7
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A00
dmi.board.name: 01PG7T
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: X03
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA00:bd07/18/2013:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6440:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn01PG7T:rvrX03:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6440
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Isn't this what the LTS kernels are for ?

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

Hello,
since we already have this Ethernet controller supported in 3.8 kernel,
I will mark Precise series as Won't Fix
Thanks!