# Rocky Linux 9 does not support Intel I219-LM **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [September 21, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-does-not-support-intel-i219-lm/7327 "2022-09-21T22:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kevin\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@Kevin\_D](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Kevin_D)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-does-not-support-intel-i219-lm/7327/1 "2022-09-21T22:58:32Z")
I found this [post](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rockylinux8-4-and-rockylinux8-5-not-support-inter-i226-v-network-interface/6987/4) which coincidentally has the same network card, but a different Device ID. 0000:00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi [8086:7af0] (rev 11) 0000:00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (17) I219-LM [8086:1a1c] (rev 11) I double checked ELRepo | Device IDs to make sure it wasn’t a fluke, but when searching for both of these Device IDs, I get a “Not Found” search result. This is actually a new Dell Precision 3260. Interestingly I get minimal functionality (1-3% download speed, 50% upload speed), for Ethernet, and 8-10% download speed, 75% upload speed on Wifi. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-does-not-support-intel-i219-lm/7327/2 "2022-09-22T06:27:20Z")
Given how new your hardware is, you’ll be better off running a newer kernel. Alder Lake in particular is poorly suited to the stock kernel (5.14) because Intel Thread Director features only landed in 5.18. ELRepo is in the testing stages of releasing their mainline kernel, I’d suggest trying that [https://lists.elrepo.org/pipermail/elrepo/2022-September/006208.html](https://lists.elrepo.org/pipermail/elrepo/2022-September/006208.html) I’m running an Alder Lake system with 6.0.0-rc6 (don’t do this, do 5.19.10), a guide to installing custom kernels is available at [Building and Installing Custom Linux Kernels - Documentation](https://docs.rockylinux.org/guides/custom-linux-kernel/) ---
**Author:** ![Kevin\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@Kevin\_D](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/Kevin_D)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-does-not-support-intel-i219-lm/7327/3 "2022-09-22T06:42:10Z")
Thank you for the information. I will look into this in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-does-not-support-intel-i219-lm/7327/4 "2022-09-22T12:01:49Z")
> [@Kevin\_D](#): > > This is actually a new Dell Precision 3260. Interestingly I get minimal functionality (1-3% download speed, 50% upload speed), for Ethernet, and 8-10% download speed, 75% upload speed on Wifi. Strictly, that is not _“does not support”_. That is _“has bad driver”_. “Almost works” is different from “No, I’m not touching that!”. Both of them _appear_ to have driver in EL9: ```auto $ modprobe -c | grep 8086.*7AF0 alias pci:v00008086d00007AF0sv*sd*bc*sc*i* iwlwifi $ modprobe -c | grep 8086.*1A1C alias pci:v00008086d00001A1Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* e1000e ``` Actually, going to RH bugzilla and searching with “e1000e” finds this: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2094200](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2094200) That was on different Intel NIC model, so the fix that should appear with RL 9.1 might not apply to 8086:1a1c. Anyway, a workaround is mentioned there. Perhaps it helps? There are ‘iwl\*-firmvare’ packages in repos. I presume that they match _some_ Wifi chips. Personally, I like Wifi if I can plug a fiber … 🥴 Since Red Hat has decided to support these devices in RHEL 9, bug reports should go to them. Here, on Rocky Fora, peer support can at most suggest workarounds. There are neither kmod-e1000e nor kmod-iwlwifi packages in ELRepo for EL9, so ELRepo “does not support” EL9 for these devices. They might add support, if requested. ---
**Author:** ![GZU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/gzu/32/981_2.png) [@GZU](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/GZU)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-does-not-support-intel-i219-lm/7327/5 "2022-09-23T00:58:47Z")
Similar problem discussed here > [@Bug in network driver](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/bug-in-network-driver/7101): > > I’m not sure what the proper process for opening a bug report for Rocky is. I’ve been beating my head against this issue for a few days now and believe it to be a driver issue. [root@localhost wright]# lspci -v (snip) 0000:00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (17) I219-LM (rev 11) Subsystem: Dell Device 0ac1 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 144 Memory at 74000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3… ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-linux-9-does-not-support-intel-i219-lm/7327/6 "2023-08-25T03:39:25Z")