[gentoo-user] sk98lin

[gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Martin Ullrich]

Hi!

I recently wanted to Install gentoo on my desktop computer (Acer
1804WSMi Laptop works fine with Gentoo!), but none of my two ethernet
cards was working when I booted the universal installation CD.

This is the composition of my system:
Asus P5AD2 Deluxe Mainboard (Socket 775)
Intel P4 3.4 Ghz (Hyperthreading -> 2 virtual prozessors)
2G system memory (DDR2 - 533 MHz, bios automatically overclocks to 600MHz)
2x Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Cards (on board)
2x SATA-Harddisks (disks and controller work fine)
2x PATA CD/DVD ReWriter (working fine)

Under SuSE Linux the driver sk98lin for the two ethernet cards works
and exports eth0 and eth1, but when I booted the CD and manually
"modprobe sk98lin" the driver, no ethernet cards were found.
I found some other stuff about ASUS Mainboards on the Internet
(sk98lin related), but it mostly didn't apply to my problem (I got NO
error message during loading the module or in dmesg).

Does somebody know what I could do?

Thankful for every help,
Martin

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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Joseph]

Try:
modprobe sk98lin

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On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 13:43 +0200, Martin Ullrich wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I recently wanted to Install gentoo on my desktop computer (Acer
> 1804WSMi Laptop works fine with Gentoo!), but none of my two ethernet
> cards was working when I booted the universal installation CD.
> 
> This is the composition of my system:
> Asus P5AD2 Deluxe Mainboard (Socket 775)
> Intel P4 3.4 Ghz (Hyperthreading -> 2 virtual prozessors)
> 2G system memory (DDR2 - 533 MHz, bios automatically overclocks to 600MHz)
> 2x Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Cards (on board)
> 2x SATA-Harddisks (disks and controller work fine)
> 2x PATA CD/DVD ReWriter (working fine)
> 
> Under SuSE Linux the driver sk98lin for the two ethernet cards works
> and exports eth0 and eth1, but when I booted the CD and manually
> "modprobe sk98lin" the driver, no ethernet cards were found.
> I found some other stuff about ASUS Mainboards on the Internet
> (sk98lin related), but it mostly didn't apply to my problem (I got NO
> error message during loading the module or in dmesg).
> 
> Does somebody know what I could do?
> 
> Thankful for every help,
> Martin
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Mark Shields]

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IIRC, sk98lin is deprecated; use skge instead (I have one Marvell Yukon
Gigabit NIC on my home PC).

On 10/1/05, Joseph <syscon@interbaun.com> wrote:
>
> Try:
> modprobe sk98lin
>
> --
> #Joseph
>
> On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 13:43 +0200, Martin Ullrich wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I recently wanted to Install gentoo on my desktop computer (Acer
> > 1804WSMi Laptop works fine with Gentoo!), but none of my two ethernet
> > cards was working when I booted the universal installation CD.
> >
> > This is the composition of my system:
> > Asus P5AD2 Deluxe Mainboard (Socket 775)
> > Intel P4 3.4 Ghz (Hyperthreading -> 2 virtual prozessors)
> > 2G system memory (DDR2 - 533 MHz, bios automatically overclocks to
> 600MHz)
> > 2x Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Cards (on board)
> > 2x SATA-Harddisks (disks and controller work fine)
> > 2x PATA CD/DVD ReWriter (working fine)
> >
> > Under SuSE Linux the driver sk98lin for the two ethernet cards works
> > and exports eth0 and eth1, but when I booted the CD and manually
> > "modprobe sk98lin" the driver, no ethernet cards were found.
> > I found some other stuff about ASUS Mainboards on the Internet
> > (sk98lin related), but it mostly didn't apply to my problem (I got NO
> > error message during loading the module or in dmesg).
> >
> > Does somebody know what I could do?
> >
> > Thankful for every help,
> > Martin
> >
>
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>
>


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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Martin Ullrich]

Hi!

I tried both sk98lin (which works with SuSE) and skge. But none of
them seems to detect my ethernet card correctly.

Martin

2005/10/1, Mark Shields <laebshade@gmail.com>:
> IIRC, sk98lin is deprecated; use skge instead (I have one Marvell Yukon
> Gigabit NIC on my home PC).
>
>
> On 10/1/05, Joseph < syscon@interbaun.com> wrote:
> > Try:
> > modprobe sk98lin
> >
> > --
> > #Joseph
> >
> > On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 13:43 +0200, Martin Ullrich wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I recently wanted to Install gentoo on my desktop computer (Acer
> > > 1804WSMi Laptop works fine with Gentoo!), but none of my two ethernet
> > > cards was working when I booted the universal installation CD.
> > >
> > > This is the composition of my system:
> > > Asus P5AD2 Deluxe Mainboard (Socket 775)
> > > Intel P4 3.4 Ghz (Hyperthreading -> 2 virtual prozessors)
> > > 2G system memory (DDR2 - 533 MHz, bios automatically overclocks to
> 600MHz)
> > > 2x Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Cards (on board)
> > > 2x SATA-Harddisks (disks and controller work fine)
> > > 2x PATA CD/DVD ReWriter (working fine)
> > >
> > > Under SuSE Linux the driver sk98lin for the two ethernet cards works
> > > and exports eth0 and eth1, but when I booted the CD and manually
> > > "modprobe sk98lin" the driver, no ethernet cards were found.
> > > I found some other stuff about ASUS Mainboards on the Internet
> > > (sk98lin related), but it mostly didn't apply to my problem (I got NO
> > > error message during loading the module or in dmesg).
> > >
> > > Does somebody know what I could do?
> > >
> > > Thankful for every help,
> > > Martin
> > >
> >
> > --
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> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Glenn Enright]

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:00, Martin Ullrich wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I tried both sk98lin (which works with SuSE) and skge. But none of
> them seems to detect my ethernet card correctly.
>
> Martin
>
> 2005/10/1, Mark Shields <laebshade@gmail.com>:
> > IIRC, sk98lin is deprecated; use skge instead (I have one Marvell Yukon
> > Gigabit NIC on my home PC).
> >
> > On 10/1/05, Joseph < syscon@interbaun.com> wrote:
> > > Try:
> > > modprobe sk98lin
> > >
> > > --
> > > #Joseph
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 13:43 +0200, Martin Ullrich wrote:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > I recently wanted to Install gentoo on my desktop computer (Acer
> > > > 1804WSMi Laptop works fine with Gentoo!), but none of my two ethernet
> > > > cards was working when I booted the universal installation CD.
> > > >
> > > > This is the composition of my system:
> > > > Asus P5AD2 Deluxe Mainboard (Socket 775)
> > > > Intel P4 3.4 Ghz (Hyperthreading -> 2 virtual prozessors)
> > > > 2G system memory (DDR2 - 533 MHz, bios automatically overclocks to
> >
> > 600MHz)
> >
> > > > 2x Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Cards (on board)
> > > > 2x SATA-Harddisks (disks and controller work fine)
> > > > 2x PATA CD/DVD ReWriter (working fine)
> > > >
> > > > Under SuSE Linux the driver sk98lin for the two ethernet cards works
> > > > and exports eth0 and eth1, but when I booted the CD and manually
> > > > "modprobe sk98lin" the driver, no ethernet cards were found.
> > > > I found some other stuff about ASUS Mainboards on the Internet
> > > > (sk98lin related), but it mostly didn't apply to my problem (I got NO
> > > > error message during loading the module or in dmesg).
> > > >
> > > > Does somebody know what I could do?
> > > >
> > > > Thankful for every help,
> > > > Martin
> > >
> > > --
> > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> >
> > --
> > - Mark Shields
I've had a similar experience with gentoo CDs and the same module. You may 
need to run dhcpd explicitly first. I think it may be something in the boot 
dependencies, but don't quote me on that. What version of the CD are you 
using?
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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Martin Ullrich]

Hi!

I am using the 2005.1 Universal Installation CD (link from www.gentoo.org).
The problem is not, that I can't assign an address or fetch dhcp
information, but even "ifconfig eth0" fails with a message like "no
such device" (the same with eth1).

Martin

2005/10/5, Glenn Enright <elinar@ihug.co.nz>:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:00, Martin Ullrich wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I tried both sk98lin (which works with SuSE) and skge. But none of
> > them seems to detect my ethernet card correctly.
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > 2005/10/1, Mark Shields <laebshade@gmail.com>:
> > > IIRC, sk98lin is deprecated; use skge instead (I have one Marvell Yukon
> > > Gigabit NIC on my home PC).
> > >
> > > On 10/1/05, Joseph < syscon@interbaun.com> wrote:
> > > > Try:
> > > > modprobe sk98lin
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > #Joseph
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 13:43 +0200, Martin Ullrich wrote:
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > I recently wanted to Install gentoo on my desktop computer (Acer
> > > > > 1804WSMi Laptop works fine with Gentoo!), but none of my two ethernet
> > > > > cards was working when I booted the universal installation CD.
> > > > >
> > > > > This is the composition of my system:
> > > > > Asus P5AD2 Deluxe Mainboard (Socket 775)
> > > > > Intel P4 3.4 Ghz (Hyperthreading -> 2 virtual prozessors)
> > > > > 2G system memory (DDR2 - 533 MHz, bios automatically overclocks to
> > >
> > > 600MHz)
> > >
> > > > > 2x Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Cards (on board)
> > > > > 2x SATA-Harddisks (disks and controller work fine)
> > > > > 2x PATA CD/DVD ReWriter (working fine)
> > > > >
> > > > > Under SuSE Linux the driver sk98lin for the two ethernet cards works
> > > > > and exports eth0 and eth1, but when I booted the CD and manually
> > > > > "modprobe sk98lin" the driver, no ethernet cards were found.
> > > > > I found some other stuff about ASUS Mainboards on the Internet
> > > > > (sk98lin related), but it mostly didn't apply to my problem (I got NO
> > > > > error message during loading the module or in dmesg).
> > > > >
> > > > > Does somebody know what I could do?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thankful for every help,
> > > > > Martin
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
> > >
> > > --
> > > - Mark Shields
> I've had a similar experience with gentoo CDs and the same module. You may
> need to run dhcpd explicitly first. I think it may be something in the boot
> dependencies, but don't quote me on that. What version of the CD are you
> using?
> --
>
> BOFH Excuse #330:
>
> quantum decoherence
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>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Holly Bostick]

Martin Ullrich schreef:
> Hi!
> 
> I am using the 2005.1 Universal Installation CD (link from 
> www.gentoo.org). The problem is not, that I can't assign an address 
> or fetch dhcp information, but even "ifconfig eth0" fails with a 
> message like "no such device" (the same with eth1).
> 
> Martin

And what is the output of lspci? Are the network devices not even being
detected (which would be indicated by them not appearing in lspci)? Or
are they being detected as something that doesn't use the kernel modules
you're trying to load (which would presumably be incorrect, but at least
its more information as to what's actually going on)?

Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Martin Ullrich]

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Hi again!

lspci lists all my devices (PCI-X Controller (Intel 925X chipset and ICH6
Southbridge) and my two ethernet cards):
...
0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8310 and
88W8000G [Libertas] 802.11g client chipset (rev 07)
...
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053
Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
...

All my hardware is listed in lspci so all controllers are working. By the
way, it worked fine with SuSE Linux and every Live-CD I've tried (Aurox,
Knoppix etc.)

Martin

2005/10/5, Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl>:
>
> Martin Ullrich schreef:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am using the 2005.1 Universal Installation CD (link from
> > www.gentoo.org <http://www.gentoo.org>). The problem is not, that I
> can't assign an address
> > or fetch dhcp information, but even "ifconfig eth0" fails with a
> > message like "no such device" (the same with eth1).
> >
> > Martin
>
> And what is the output of lspci? Are the network devices not even being
> detected (which would be indicated by them not appearing in lspci)? Or
> are they being detected as something that doesn't use the kernel modules
> you're trying to load (which would presumably be incorrect, but at least
> its more information as to what's actually going on)?
>
> Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Holly Bostick]

Martin Ullrich schreef:

> Martin
> 
> 2005/10/5, Holly Bostick <motub@planet.nl>:
> 
>> Martin Ullrich schreef:
>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> I am using the 2005.1 Universal Installation CD (link from 
>>> www.gentoo.org <http://www.gentoo.org>). The problem is not, that
>>>  I can't assign an address
>>> or fetch dhcp information, but even "ifconfig eth0" fails with a 
>>> message like "no such device" (the same with eth1).
>>> 
>> 
>> And what is the output of lspci? 
>> 
> 
> lspci lists all my devices (PCI-X Controller (Intel 925X chipset and
>  ICH6 Southbridge) and my two ethernet cards): ... 0000:01:00.0 
> Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8310 and 
> 88W8000G [Libertas] 802.11g client chipset (rev 07) ... 0000:02:00.0
>  Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 Gigabit 
> Ethernet Controller (rev 15) 0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: 
> Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 
> (rev 15) ...
> 
> All my hardware is listed in lspci so all controllers are working. By
>  the way, it worked fine with SuSE Linux and every Live-CD I've tried
>  (Aurox, Knoppix etc.)
> 

The fact that it works fine with other distributions or LiveCDs and the
fact that there is nothing physically wrong with the hardware does not
guarantee that said hardware necessarily is being properly detected by
the specific kernel used on the Gentoo 2005.1 LiveCD. Since improper
detection would be one of the reasons that a kernel module that others
say is supposed to work is not working for you, I wanted to eliminate
that as a specific cause, which you have confirmed as eliminated.

The next possibility is that sk98lin is not the right module, but since
you've used it to drive these cards on other distros, that can't be it
either.

Leaving the possibilities that

1) eth0 and eth1 are misconfigured/do not exist, so even though the
hardware is working correctly, it cannot be used;

2) the sk98lin module as used under Gentoo is somehow functionally
different from the module of the same name that you have used under
other distros, so the hardware cannot be used (because the kernel module
does not enable the hardware to function).

Which is as far as I can get with a logical analysis, since I have no
gigabit ethernet card, and I am so not a network guru.

HTH,
Holly
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Re: [gentoo-user] sk98lin

[Alec Shaner]

Martin Ullrich wrote:
> Hi again!
> 
> lspci lists all my devices (PCI-X Controller (Intel 925X chipset and 
> ICH6 Southbridge) and my two ethernet cards):
> ...
> 0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8310 
> and 88W8000G [Libertas] 802.11g client chipset (rev 07)
> ...
> 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 
> Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
> 0000:03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 
> Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
> ...
> 
> All my hardware is listed in lspci so all controllers are working. By 
> the way, it worked fine with SuSE Linux and every Live-CD I've tried 
> (Aurox, Knoppix etc.)
> 

Don't know that I can help much, but from the kernel docs on my system 
(2.6.12-gentoo-r10) for the sk98lin driver, the list of supported 
adapters contains:

             - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Abit)
             - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Albatron)
             - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Asus)
             - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (ECS)
             - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Epox)
             - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Foxconn)
             - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Gigabyte)
             - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Iwill)
             - Marvell 88E8050 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Intel)

I snipped out a bunch of others, but just noticed that your model - 
88E8053 - isn't listed. Maybe the other distros have patched it to 
support it or something.
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