I tested again with the latest mainline kernel build (2.6.37.999-generic), and the link came up immediately in gigabit mode, so this appears to be fixed upstream.
$ tail /var/log/kern.log | grep -C1 e1000e Dec 4 10:29:24 serenity kernel: [ 116.936360] ata3: EH complete Dec 4 10:30:07 serenity kernel: [ 160.041407] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: RX/TX Dec 4 10:30:07 serenity kernel: [ 160.042227] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Dec 4 10:30:17 serenity kernel: [ 170.040195] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down (The link didn't go down until I unplugged the ethernet cable.) $ uname -a Linux serenity 2.6.37-999-generic #201012040905 SMP Sat Dec 4 09:09:07 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux ** Tags removed: needs-upstream-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685231 Title: e1000e driver fails to establish gigabit link (Intel 82573L) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
