Re: Help: DGE-560T not recognized by Linux

[Brian Hall <brihall@pcisys.net>]

For the benefit of anyone searching later:

The problem was the current linux Marvell drivers (2.6.15/16rc4) not
detecting my Dlink card. After trying and failing to compile with the
linux driver (2.6.13-based) supplied on the retail CD (suprised, didn't
even think to look there at first!), I went to the Marvell site
directly and downloaded their version of the sk98lin driver, which
comes with a script to create a patch against whatever your current
linux version is in /usr/src/linux. That was found at:

http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=107&pId=10

Yukon GigE Linux driver, Jan 12 2006, install-8_30.tar.bz2

After applying the generated patch against 2.6.15-ck4, I now have a
version of sk98lin that works with my DGE-560T.

Feb 18 16:59:31 syrinx sk98lin: Network Device Driver v8.30.2.3
Feb 18 16:59:31 syrinx (C)Copyright 1999-2005 Marvell(R).
Feb 18 16:59:31 syrinx ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 30
(level, low) -> IRQ 19 
Feb 18 16:59:31 syrinx PCI: Setting latency timer of device
0000:02:00.0 to 64 Feb 18 16:59:31 syrinx eth0: DGE-560T Gigabit
PCI-Express Ethernet Adapter 
Feb 18 16:59:31 syrinx PrefPort:A RlmtMode:Check Link State
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx eth0: network connection up using port A
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx speed:           1000
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx autonegotiation: yes
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx duplex mode:     full
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx flowctrl:        symmetric
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx role:            slave
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx irq moderation:  disabled
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx tcp offload:     enabled
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx scatter-gather:  enabled
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx tx-checksum:     enabled
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx rx-checksum:     enabled
Feb 18 16:59:35 syrinx rx-polling:      enabled

I'll try the kernel sk* drivers again when >=2.6.16 is released.

A further note, neither the Yukon DOS diagnostics that came with the
card (v6.27.1.3), nor the newer diagnostics that I downloaded from
Marvell (v6.30.x.y) could properly detect my card. Kept getting the
error "Board register check failed". Just in case anyone might think
that would indicate a bad card, in my case it didn't. This was with an
Opteron 165 on an Asrock 939Dual-SATA2.

--
Brian Hall
Linux Consultant
http://pcisys.net/~brihall