Hello I have a new ASUS motherboard board with an integrated gigabit ethernet chipset from Marvell.

I tracked down on the internet that a driver for linux exist called SK98lin. (will this work with Knoppmyth?) I downloaded and unrar into a folder. I now have several files along with a readme.

The files are:

install.sh
readme
sk98lin.4
sk98lin.tar

I read the instructions briefly and I think it talks about patching the kernel or compiling. I am a windoze user so I have no idea if I really need to do this.

The other major issue. I can copy the files to a usb flash drive. If I connect this to the motherboard. It "mounts" this as SDA1?

Do I need to set this up somehow (mount), modprobe? To be able to copy the files over?

How would I do this?

Step by step would be great. Where do I copy the files and then how do I load the driver so that I can get networking working.

All help is greatly appreciated.

The required drivers for that chipset is already in the kernel. You shouldn't have to patch anything. When booting off the CD, skge (newer module) is loaded. If you have issues w/ skge not working, I suggest searching the forum for sk98lin.

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Cecil

Sorry for not doing a full search. I had tried searching using different terms.

So I tried to use modprobe sk98lin but that did not work. I get a message stating no supported network cards found when I run netcardconfig.

I now have a sk98lin entry in my /etc/modules at the very end. However that only loads the driver at boot.

I did more searching on google. The motherboard I am using is an Asus P5LD2. The LAN is Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit Lan Controller.
When I searched on google I did find people who said they got it to work by using the syskonnect driver I downloaded.

Any other way I can troubleshoot?

A little more searching on google turned up this.

4 Marvell/SysKonnect gigabit ethernet interface

The standard sk98lin drivers in both the 2.4.27-28, 2.6.9-2.6.10 and even 2.6.10-ac2 kernels didn't work, probably because the interface is still too new. But as said above the install-7_04.tar.bz2 driver on the ASUS CD worked fine under 2.4.x kernels.

However, this ASUS driver failed to compile on 2.6.x. After searching the web for a LONG time I found a driver at SysKonnect with version number install-8_12.tar.bz2 and that one compiles and works fine, even for the latest kernels :


http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/su ... zip/linux/
Update Aug 2005: for 2.6.12 kernels you must fetch at least install-8_23.tar.bz2 or else it won't compile

I didn't say to search, believe you'll know it when I do. Didn't the skge module work for you? The kernel included w/ R5A22 is 2.6.13-2-chw-3.

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I did a modprobe sk98lin. Am I supposed to be doing skge instead?

You can try skge.

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I wanted to provide some feedback on your Marvell issue.

Same mobo with integrated card.

the sk98lin works and here's how. (the ones in the kernel don't pick the card up properly. maybe these can be integrated for a future release)



Download it from:
http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/su ... k98lin.htm
The sk98lin drivers are installed into the kernel, not modules. I had issues that when installed as a module, it would not start up for pump to get a DHCP address. (may be a procedural issue on my part.

Easy to follow install instructions. On you will need to override the install. (again follow instructions) I guess this is a good place to point out an observation
-Looks like the gcc on the install is not in sync with all the libs on the system. WHen I tried to apt-get upgrade gcc it fails on install due to some deps... I have not investigated this just not enough time....again may be a user err on my part.)

steps:
unpack untar
./install
select patch not install
apply patch
cd /usr/src/linux
cat /patch-location/sk98lin__vX.XX_a_b_c_patch | patch -p1
make menuconfig
select the sk98lin in networking.
make menuinstall
make install
lilo
reboot

Done your nic will work like a charm....at least mine does...

Since I've rebuilt my unit twice, I've had a chance to test the process and seems to hold water.

Frank


BTW the README with the drivers is really well writen!....

Hi all.

I have spent some months trying to fix my GFX settings to play videos without skipping and jumping.
I had a 3Com Gigabit card with the sk98lin drivers.
And finaly ( yesterday ) i figured out that it was my networkcard that made it jumpy.
I have all my vids om another machine and mountd it with Samba.
The odd thing is that it works exelent in Xine but jumps like crazy in Mplayer.
So it took me a while to realize that it was something with my nic.
Now im back at my 100mbit card and it works exelent.

/DonLKSAB

I too have the ASUS motherboard in question, and the Marvel Nic on board. I'm new to Knoppmyth, in fact I just decided to abandon XPMCE yesterday. I have PVR-500 and DVICO 5 Gold, so I know I've got some work ahead of me, but I can't get my NIC card to load for starters.

I checked /etc/modules, and the skge is in there. I tried that again from the command line, but I have no eth devices in ifconfig. netcardconfig also returns no supported network cards found.

I have tried rebooting, and it makes no difference. I'm suprised this doesn't just load automagically, but I suppose that's my luck. I definitely want to use this interface, as I would be taking up my last PCI slot to use another.

I apologize if this is a very easy question, but what should I need to do step by step to enable and configure this device?

Thanks,

jrog

The post two back from yours already contains step by step directions. They're a bit terse, but most of what you need to understand them can be found on the LinuxTips page on the wiki: http://www.knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=LinuxTips

thanks for the reply. I thought that from the older posts that the sk98lin module in the current install was the latest, but must not be. I have an extra nic card at work, a netgear, so I suppose I will use that to get myself up on the network, that way I can scp the files on the myth box, and work on the Marvel at that point. I probably will end up rebuilding a couple of times as well, so it probably won't hurt. I'm sure there are other kinks I will need to work out like with the guide download and such.

Thanks

i am now running RC57 and it detects the chipset in netcardconfig however i cant ping the box or ping out.

I also see the following Scope:Unknown UP RUNNING NOARP MTU: 1480 Metric:1

Do I have to follow the same procedure from back in 2005 with syskonnect drivers

What does ifconfig say? As root:

TJC thanks for responding I missed your post.

I cant acess network so I cant access via putty or install firefox. When I ran ifconfig Basically it has the correct lo settings. However as I said instead of regular ethernet adpater it gives whats listed above.

I will try and copy down manually.