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A framework for making thin and light Linux based images for x86 based machines and thinclients.
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Drivers for Intel I219-LM Ethernet chipset are not available/do not work? #670

Open p0ddie opened 3 years ago

p0ddie commented 3 years ago

Hi,

I have "inherited" an older (September 2019) Thinstation setup that boots a number of older PCs just fine. The school in question will purchase HP EliteDesk 800 G5 PCs soon (it's their only choice) that sport an Intel I219-LM chipset. The devices need to work with a PXE-booted Thinstation image.

PXE boot works out of the box, but once the image is booted there is no NIC present.

I have tried every package in Thinstation I could think of, I set up a current new Thinstation server (6.2.9) from scratch to test, same issue - no NIC present. The Intel I219-LM is around since 2015, are there no drivers in Thinstation or am I missing something?

I am not very experienced with Thinstation, I don't suppose there's an easy way to implement these drivers? What would you recommend?

Thanks :)

Thinstation commented 3 years ago

You likely need the e1000e kernel module. You might also need firmware. The way to solve this problem is make an allmodules/allfirmware build, then make a machine profile for your new terminals.

Thinstation commented 3 years ago

If all that doesn't work, I went through my kernel config and enabled a new option for I225-LM, but I don't know if that supports the I219-LM. I pushed the updated kernel. There might also be the need to use an out-of-tree module from Intel, but let me know if you have any success with what I have included so far.

Thinstation commented 3 years ago

Still an issue?