NIC Problems after update from 6.9.2 to 6.11.1

[Toxif]

Hi Guys,

I've recently updated my unraid from 6.9.2 to 6.11.1, unfortunedly my Onboard nic wont work after the update. I got access to my Server after plugging in a quad port pcie nic, but i can't get WOL to work on this one.

got no luck with solutions mentiond here:

Binding the IOMMU Group containing the onboard NIC to VFIO on Boot, no effect.

Adding "intel_iommu=off" to syslinux, still nothing.

Would be awsome to get the Onboard NIC running againg like it did on 6.9.2 or WOL on the Quad port Card. (BIOS: Wake on PCI and Wake on Lan is enabled)

diagnostics attatched.

filesrv-diagnostics-20221011-1152.zip

[JorgeB]

Oct 11 11:49:14 FileSRV kernel: e1000e 0000:00:1f.6: The NVM Checksum Is Not Valid
Oct 11 11:49:14 FileSRV kernel: e1000e: probe of 0000:00:1f.6 failed with error -5

 

Look for a BIOS/firmware update.

[Toxif]

Thanks for the Reminder, got the latest BIOS installed now. Sadly it did not help. Maybe have another look ? filesrv-diagnostics-20221011-1302.zip

Edited October 11, 2022 by Toxif
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[JorgeB]

Same thing, looks like the newer driver is looking at that, previous one wasn't, not sure if it's a driver problem or NIC problem, NIC would be main my guess, but in any case not much that can be done on the Unraid side.

[Toxif]

The NIC is working flawless on other distros and live systems, just tryed that. The Board itself is just a week old and worked fine on 6.9.2 so far. Is ist possible to somehow replace the new driver with the old one, or is unraid 6.11 downgradeable to 6.9 ?

[JorgeB]

7 minutes ago, Toxif said:

on other distros and live systems

With kernel 5.19?

[Toxif]

nope, 5.15 and older,  i'll try getting the 5.19 kernel on my Ubuntu LTS and run try running it on this hardware tomorrow.

 

Is it doable to downgrade? If so, i would probably downgrade till i find another solution.

[JorgeB]

Yes, you can downgrade, if you upgraded using the GUI go to Tools -> OS update and click restore.

[Toxif]

Can't find a restore button. There is only Check for updates and Version 6.11.1 and Branch selection.

I would do a Config/USB Stick Backup, make a clean 6.9.2 Stick and restore my current 6.11.1 configs, is this possible.
I may hav broke something in 3 - 4 Years of try and error and hardware changes.

[JorgeB]

If there's no restore download the v6.9.2 zip and extract all bz* files overwriting existing ones, you can also try v6.10.3 if you haven't yet since at least it's much newer.

[Toxif]

Downgraded to 6.10.3 - NIC wont work

Downgraded to 6.9.2 - NIC works again 😮

 

... well, thanks for the Support ^^

[rostam420]

I previously had to downgrade from 6.10 back to 6.9.2 because of a similar nic issue. I see that 6.11.5 is now released do we know if the nic issue has been addressed? id like to get off the legacy build if at all possible

[JorgeB]

18 minutes ago, rostam420 said:

I see that 6.11.5 is now released do we know if the nic issue has been addressed?

If it's the same NIC I believe it's working now, but it's easy to upgrade and confirm.