Marvell Yukon network chipset, For Asus Crosshair IV Formula mobo

[teslastrike]

I used to run CentOS 5, my network did not work right away when i installed that operationg system, so what i had to do is just download kmod-sk98lin package for RHEL5, install it, then enter manuall my network MAC address in the network settings, and it worked perfectly.


Now i installed SL6.1, for that i downloaded RHEL6 version of kmod-ak98lin package, installed it, entered again manually MAC address of my network card in network connection preferences, but...it did not work.

That is really strange. what could be the reason? any suggestions?

To give you more information, here is output of ifconfig -a command:

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 20:CF:20:2B:02:32            BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)          Interrupt:51 Memory:fcdfc000-0 lo        Link encap:Local Loopback            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1          RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0          RX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB)  TX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB)

First i tried with this package:
kmod-sk98lin-10.85.9.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm

It did not work, then i found a newer package:
kmod-sk98lin-10.88.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm

Did not work as well, aybe i need some different package or some other step to perform? Any ideas appreciated. thanks.

[helikaon]

QUOTE (teslastrike @ Dec 13 2011, 03:09 AM)

I used to run CentOS 5, my network did not work right away when i installed that operationg system, so what i had to do is just download kmod-sk98lin package for RHEL5, install it, then enter manuall my network MAC address in the network settings, and it worked perfectly. Now i installed SL6.1, for that i downloaded RHEL6 version of kmod-ak98lin package, installed it, entered again manually MAC address of my network card in network connection preferences, but...it did not work. That is really strange. what could be the reason? any suggestions? To give you more information, here is output of ifconfig -a command: CODE eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 20:CF:20:2B:02:32            BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)          Interrupt:51 Memory:fcdfc000-0 lo        Link encap:Local Loopback            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1          RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0          RX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB)  TX bytes:1200 (1.1 KiB) First i tried with this package: kmod-sk98lin-10.85.9.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm It did not work, then i found a newer package: kmod-sk98lin-10.88.3.3-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm Did not work as well, aybe i need some different package or some other step to perform? Any ideas appreciated. thanks.

Hi there,
i dont think the driver being problem (at least looks like, since you have already the eth0 available)

But problem is, that the 'ifconfig' doesnt report your 'eth0' having IP address.

check file (you can post it here):

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

and there you should see either:
- dhcp
or
- static IP address (+gateway etc ...)
configured ....


check also

/etc/resolv.conf
if you have DNS server stated there (if not dhcp add stated) ...


cheers,

[teslastrike]

Hello, well there is no: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file
and there is no: /etc/resolv.conf file

Just in case, here is content of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo file:

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DEVICE=lo IPADDR=127.0.0.1 NETMASK=255.0.0.0 NETWORK=127.0.0.0 # If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian, # you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example) BROADCAST=127.255.255.255 ONBOOT=yes NAME=loopback

Any other thoughts?

[helikaon]

Hi,
then create it, e.g. this one controlled by the dhcp:

# cat ifcfg-eth0

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DEVICE=eth0 NM_CONTROLLED=yes ONBOOT=yes HWADDR=00:1e:37:23:4c:87 TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=dhcp DEFROUTE=yes PEERROUTES=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes IPV6INIT=no NAME="System eth0" DNS1=192.168.0.1 USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes

ofc, change the HWADDR maching your adapter (you can see it in 'ifconfig' you posted)


this one e.g. of static:

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DEVICE=eth0 TYPE=Ethernet ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR=192.168.0.100 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 DNS1=192.168.0.2 HWADDR=00:0F:22:71:0A:53 USERCTL=no

this is e.g. of /etc/resolv.conf:

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search example.com nameserver 192.168.0.5 nameserver 192.168.0.6

cheers,

This post has been edited by helikaon: Dec 13 2011, 10:56 AM

[teslastrike]

well i created those two files, for eth0 controlled by dhcp too, changed HWaddr, rebooted, nothing worked.

So as you said it now looks like driver installed just OK, its just a system for some reason cannot pick it up and use it?

Any other ideas where could be the reason?

[teslastrike]

Just in case here are my outputs for the following commands, it might give some more info:

output of lspci | grep -i eth

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03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Optima 88E8059 [PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Controller with AVB] (rev 11)

output of dmesg | grep -i eth

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ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\] (Node ffffffff81f08530), AE_ALREADY_EXISTS ACPI: Marking method \___ as Serialized because of AE_ALREADY_EXISTS error ACPI Error (psparse-0537): Method parse/execution failed [\] (Node ffffffff81f08530), AE_NOT_FOUND eth0: Generic Marvell Yukon chipset Ethernet device

well! now it seems that for eth0 the generic Marvell Yukon installed instead of the right one? could that be a problem or it does not matter?

[teslastrike]

Ok i also tried to do the following: i downloaded driver installation pakcage from Marvell.com, i downloaded kernel source, and started the driver installation script which recompiled kernel and installed appropriate driver after removing a driver which was already installed, here is an output after running install.sh for sk98lin driver:

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Disconnect alternative devices:  (done)                              [   OK   ] Unload alternative driver (done)                                     [   OK   ] Create tmp dir (/tmp/Sk98IfjVjIilFbOUNcHMMoeWR)                      [   OK   ] Check user id (0)                                                    [   OK   ] Check kernel version (2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64)                    [   OK   ] Check kernel symbol file (/proc/kallsyms)                            [   OK   ] Check kernel type (SMP)                                              [   OK   ] Check number of CPUs (6)                                             [   OK   ] Check architecture (found)                                           [   OK   ] Set architecture (x86_64)                                            [   OK   ] Check compiler (/usr/bin/gcc)                                        [   OK   ] Check mcmodel flags (kernel)                                         [   OK   ] Check module support (/sbin/insmod)                                  [   OK   ] Check make (/usr/bin/make)                                           [   OK   ] Check kernel gcc version (4.4.5) (Kernel:4.4.5 == gcc:4.4.5)         [   OK   ] Check sk98lin driver availability (loaded)                           [   OK   ] Disconnect devices: eth0  (done)                                     [   OK   ] Remove driver (done)                                                 [   OK   ] Check kernel header files (/lib/modules/2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64/so[   OK   ] Check sources for .config file (/lib/modules/2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64/source/.config)                                                              [   OK   ] Copy and check .config file (done)                                   [   OK   ] Check the mem address space (lowmem)                                 [   OK   ] Change IOMMU (enabled)                                               [   OK   ] Create new .config file (done)                                       [   OK   ] Execute: make oldconfig (done)                                       [   OK   ] Check modpost availability (available)                               [   OK   ] Unpack the sources (done)                                            [   OK   ] Check firmware availability (done)                                   [   OK   ] Check kernel header version (Kernel:2.6.32 == Header:2.6.32)         [   OK   ] Check kernel functions (Changed: nothing)                            [   OK   ] Compile the kernel (done)                                            [   OK   ] Copy driver man page into /usr/share/man/man4/ (done)                [   OK   ] Check the driver (done)                                              [   OK   ] Create kernel modules driver directory (done)                        [   OK   ] Delete old driver (done)                                             [   OK   ] Copying driver (done)                                                [   OK   ] Make dependency (done)                                               [   OK   ] Delete temp directories (done)                                       [   OK   ] All done. Driver installed and loaded. To load the module manually, proceed as follows:      Enter "modprobe sk98lin"                                                     Have fun...

As you see everything went right, it even told me to have fun, with what i have problems.

I reboot..and nothing works again. So what could be the problem?

I'm afraid that i'll have to revert to my older distro if this thing is not going to work out, im not quite sure where else to look at?

[teslastrike]

well ok, here is what else i had to do after successful installation of driver:

in terminal run system-config-network, and just configure it as dhcp and pretty much leave things as they are, then reboot, and then it worked!

Thank you! Im glad it worked out since i almost got working most of my important stuff for SL.

[northd_tech]

It might be good to note what driver or kernel modules that you have installed. Often/usually a kernel update wil 'break' wireless/networking and you might need to recompile modules and/or blacklist others after that.

This command should tell what modules are currently loaded:

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lsmod

It might be worth keeping a record of the working configuration in case it quits in the future (I often put some comments in /etc/modules.d/blacklist.conf file where the blacklisting usually takes place). /etc/rc.d/rc.local should be where modules are loaded at boot time.