I can confirm that the JMC250 driver "jme version 1.0.8" which is part of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS does NOT support EEE (802.3az) at 1000 Mbit/s. It seems to support EEE ports at 100M, though.
Evidence: When using a managed switch Zyxel GS1900-8, enabling the EEE at the switch port will prevent connection and the PC indicates that the ethernet cable is disconnected. When disabling EEE at that port, the PC connects immediately at 1000M. When using "unmanaged" switches (I tried TrendNet TEG-S50g), the only solution I have found is the same as above: force the connection to 100 Mbit/s. There is no way to disable EEE (which the vendor calls "Greennet"). sudo ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full. The Trendnet unmanaged switch works fine at 1000M with Windows 7. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310798 Title: JMicron JMC250 ethernet: networking always disconnected Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: What is expected in 14.04 is ethernet networking works when cable connected. What happens instead is it always shows "disconnected", even when cable connected. In Ubuntu 12.04, this same ethernet controller also exhibited the same problem. However it was fixable by downloading and manually compiling a new version of the jme drivers from here: ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/Ethernet/Linux/jmebp-1.0.8.5.tar.bz . In 14.04, the above 1.0.8.5 driver no longer compiles and is thus not installable. I tried downloading and compiling the latest source for the driver from https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/net/ethernet/jme.c. This driver does compile, but after installation still doesn't work, with the wired network status always showing "disconnected". Output of dmesg | grep jme [ 2.044151] jme: JMicron JMC2XX ethernet driver version 1.0.8 [ 2.044209] jme 0000:02:00.5: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control [ 2.045351] jme 0000:02:00.5 eth0: JMC250 Gigabit Ethernet chiprev:23 pcirev:3 macaddr:80:ee:73:13:68:7d [ 22.302804] jme 0000:02:00.5: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X [ 22.302930] jme 0000:02:00.5 eth0: Link is down [ 22.328814] jme 0000:02:00.5 eth0: Link is down WORKAROUND: The following terminal command provides 100 Mbps ethernet speed: sudo ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-image-3.13.0-24-generic 3.13.0-24.46 [modified: boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: alex 1540 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Apr 21 16:06:41 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=9a76734d-f4e5-48af-9ba2-c86f712f39d9 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-18 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) MachineType: Standard XS35 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=347d51ff-61a3-4f81-bcc4-125707703d1e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.127 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 03/21/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080015 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: B10IE01 dmi.board.vendor: Shuttle dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Shuttle dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd03/21/2011:svnStandard:pnXS35:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnShuttle:rnB10IE01:rvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:cvnShuttle:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: XS35 dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: Standard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1310798/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp