Fedora 20 installation kernel doesn't support the Intel i218V gigabit controller.

Problem:

The Fedora 20 installation kernel doesn't support the Intel i218V gigabit controller.

Affected Systems:

  • Marquis C523
  • Marquis M523
  • Marquis M524

Solution:

To enable networking under Fedora 20 first install the system without networking.

Next, download an updated e1000e driver.

Place the driver on a memory stick and copy it to the following location on the newly installed system:

/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e

Finally run the following command:

# depmod -a

Reboot the system and use the ifconfig command to verify that the network interface is active. The yum command can now be used to update the kernel to a version which contains support for the i218V controller:

# yum update kernel*