[ale] Trying to get a Marvell NIC to work

[Greg Canter]

2.6.17-1-multimedia-amd64-k8

I finally got it.  I thought I set eth0 to NIC but it was set to on of the
Firewire interfaces.  Not sure why but that was what the problem was.

- Greg


On 9/8/07 8:40 PM, "James Taylor" <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:

> What kernel are you running?
> I couldn't get the marvell chip in my Sony to work until I got a later kernel.
> I use the sky2 module.
> -jt
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>>>> On Sat, Sep 8, 2007 at  5:24 PM, in message
> <C3088B3C.A48D%gcanter at speedfactory.net>, Greg Canter
> <gcanter at speedfactory.net> wrote:
>> I have installed 64Studio (a Debian based multimedia distro) on a dual
>> Opteron with an onboard Marvell 88E9001 gigabit NIC and it will not work.
>> There are no lights on my switch.  All attempts to ping to and from the
>> machine are negative.  I have replaced the CAT V cable.  It is a dual boot
>> with Windows - where the NIC works flawlessly, so I know the NIC is
>> operational, but just not with 64Studio.
>> 
>> I have tried to run the following without any success :
>>     net-setup eth0
>>     sk98lin
>>     modprobe skge
>>     ifconfig eth0 up
>>     modprobe sk98lin
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>> Running "lspci" gives me the following line:
>>    03:03.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001
>> Gigabit Ethernet Controller(rev 13)
>> 
>> Running lsmod gives me the following :
>>     sk98lin
>>     
>> So it looks like the module is being loaded but nothing else is happening.
>> 
>> Running uname -a gives me :
>>     Linux SATURN 2.6.17-1-multimedia-amd64-k8 #1 PREEMPT Wed Jul 19 11:28:38
>> UTC 2006 x86_6 GNU/Linux
>> 
>> All of my research seems to point to this driver working ok with that
>> kernel.  I have installed Suse on this pc before without any NIC problems.
>> 
>> Any clues, hints, advice warmly appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Greg
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