การให้ตรวจสอบ dmesg (หรือดูที่ /var/log/dmesg) ก็พบว่า kernel มีการแจ้งปัญหาของการ์ด Ethernet ใบนี้อยู่ โดยมีข้อความเหล่านี้ปรากฎซ้ำไปมา
Log Example
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:03:00.0: eth1: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
irq 138: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
[<c0450106>] __report_bad_irq+0x2b/0x69
[<c04502fd>] note_interrupt+0x1b9/0x1f0
[<c044f8c9>] handle_IRQ_event+0x45/0x8c
[<c044f9ed>] __do_IRQ+0xdd/0x118
[<c044f910>] __do_IRQ+0x0/0x118
[<c0407518>] do_IRQ+0x9b/0xc3
[<c04059ca>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
[<c05379d4>] acpi_processor_idle_simple+0x19d/0x2e5
[<c05269e5>] acpi_set_register+0x14c/0x155
[<c0403d1c>] cpu_idle+0x9f/0xb9
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handlers:
[<f89efd54>] (e1000_msix_other+0x0/0x150 [e1000e])
Disabling IRQ #138
NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out
e1000e 0000:03:00.0: eth1: Reset adapter
8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device eth1
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:03:00.0: eth1: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
e1000e: eth1 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx
e1000e 0000:03:00.0: eth1: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
irq 138: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
[<c0450106>] __report_bad_irq+0x2b/0x69
[<c04502fd>] note_interrupt+0x1b9/0x1f0
[<c044f8c9>] handle_IRQ_event+0x45/0x8c
[<c044f9ed>] __do_IRQ+0xdd/0x118
[<c044f910>] __do_IRQ+0x0/0x118
[<c0407518>] do_IRQ+0x9b/0xc3
[<c04059ca>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
[<c05379d4>] acpi_processor_idle_simple+0x19d/0x2e5
[<c0403d1c>] cpu_idle+0x9f/0xb9
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