marvell 8056 problems... [SOLVED]

boazbd · Last edited by boazbd on Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:04 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hi all.
I've got the ga-965p-ds4 mobo with on board marvell 8056 lan, which I understand is supposed to work with the sky2 module.
I compiled this module both into the kernel and as a module with no success..
right now I have it compiled into the kernel and the weird thing is it gets identified and i can even start it but then i cant reach the network:

firsm · n00b Joined: 18 Dec 2003 Posts: 7

Hi there,

I have exactly the same motherboard (DS3). What kernel are you running? I didn't get that module to work with anything below 2.6.20. I'm running 2.6.20 now and it seems to work fine.

- firsm

boazbd · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:45 am Post subject:

hi firsm. i gentoo-sources-2.6.20 and as i said, the hardware is recognized and and i even get an i.p when i start it but
i cant really use it, i cant even ping my router (says host unreachable).

xanas3712 · Guru Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 455

I have an S3, not a DS3, but it has the same chip for this I believe (rev 12) It doesn't work in gigabit mode very well (errors and it's not any faster than 10/100) but it does work for me. And I think I've used as low as kernel 2.6.18 with it (started with that due to jmicron issues being somewhat resolved).

I never had any problems akin to yours, if you are using the same sources I've got to think maybe you have a hardware problem? I'm not sure why though but I do find it odd just as you did that it changes from eth1 to eth2. My adapter is set as eth0.

boazbd · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:37 am Post subject:

the hardware is assigned eth2 because i use an old 3com pci network card (instead of this one which obviously isn't working),
but still the switch from eth1 to eth2 is weird.... maybe i have something missing in my kernel other than the sky2 driver??
P.S. the marvell lan works flawlessly in windows xp so its probably not a hardware issue...

Chris W · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:59 am Post subject: Re: marvell 8056 problems...

boazbd · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

thanks Chris!
changed udev rules to use the sky2 driver as eth1 and now everything is nice and working!

xanas3712 · Guru Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 455

Cool, now I know something too.

boazbd · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:04 am Post subject:

P.S
I had many problems using the sky2 driver supplied with the kernel (the NIC would stop working very often).
Now using sk98lin patch from marvell site, it works great, no problems since then...