On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 04:10:22PM +0100, Igor Levicki wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > Boot method: unetbootin (USB stick) > Image version: debian-7.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso > Date: 2013-01-04 15:00:00 CET > > Machine: ASUS Z87 PRO > Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K > Memory: 16 GB DDR3 > Partitions: n/a > > Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): dev 8086 ven 153b (Intel I-217V Gigabit > Ethernet Controller) > > Base System Installation Checklist: > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > Initial boot: [O] > Detect network card: [E] > Configure network: [ ] > Detect CD: [O] > Load installer modules: [O] > Detect hard drives: [ ] > Partition hard drives: [ ] > Install base system: [ ] > Clock/timezone setup: [ ] > User/password setup: [ ] > Install tasks: [ ] > Install boot loader: [ ] > Overall install: [ ] > > Comments/Problems: > > NETWORK based install fails at the only task it is supposed NOT to fail -- > detecting and enabling network card. > Package e1000e which should handle the onboard ethernet PHY is terribly > outdated (version 1.x dated two years > ago) and it does not recognize the onboard device. > > Latest version of e1000e driver dated July 9, 2013 is available from Intel in > the form of source code: > https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=15817
Until it is in the kernel.org kernel in a version debian puts in a release, that doesn't help. > It supports many new ethernet adapters present on latest generations of > desktop mainboards. > > I really don't understand why it was not integrated into the kernel tree. I > keep hearing "this year will be the > year of Linux Desktop" for the last few years, yet many Linux distributions > still fail on basic stuff like this. Current Debian stable uses the 3.2.x series kernel, since to get a stable release done, it has to freeze updates at some point. The 3.2 kernel is obviously older than your motherboard and older than that intel network adapter. Since driver developers can't predict the future, they can't write drivers for things that don't exist yet. Debian stable means not changing things in general, so adding new drivers is not something that is done. People that want a newer kernel can use the kernel from wheezy-backports to get support for new hardware. That doesn't help for installing of course unless you install from full images or use another network adapter while installing until you can get the backports kernel installed. And if you think windows would support your network card without giving it an add on driver disk, you are mistaking. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
