Public bug reported:
linux-image-2.6.24-12-virtual contains e1000e, but not e1000. If VMware
server is configured to present an e1000 NIC to the guest, the e1000e
driver does not detect it. This can be reproduced by adding the
following line to the .vmx vmware guest config file:
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
However, if linux-image-2.6.24-12-server is run in the guest, the e1000
module successfully identifies the virtual NIC presented by VMware, and
loads. The numeric PCI ID of the e1000 virtual NIC presented by VMware
is 8086:100f - perhaps this is not probed for by e1000e?
lspci shows "Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82545EM Gigabit
Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)"
FWIW, the vmxnet module bundled with the -virtual kernel image works
successfully when the guest .vmx file has ethernet0.virtualDev =
"vmxnet" in it. This requires that VMware tools has already been
installed in the guest however, whereas most modern distros/OSes should
have the Intel e1000 driver included.
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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linux-image-2.6.24-12-virtual is missing e1000 nic driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205646
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