driver for Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN

driver for Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN

[Alexander Fieroch]

Hello,

there are GPL driver for the Marvell 88E8053 GLAN:

http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan/marvell/8053/8053_others2.zip

The problem is that they are not compiling with the current kernel. 
Could you please adapt and integrate the drivers to the current kernel?

Thanks & regards,
Alexander

Re: driver for Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN

[Alexander Fieroch]

Alexander Fieroch wrote:
> http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan/marvell/8053/8053_others2.zip

Oh, that driver is very old. Here is the latest one which is working 
with the current kernel:

http://www.syskonnect.de/syskonnect/support/driver/htm/sk9elin.htm

Could you please integrate it to the kernel?

Regards,
Alexander

Re: driver for Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN

[Daniel Drake]

Hi Alexander,

Alexander Fieroch wrote:
> Alexander Fieroch wrote:
> 
>> http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan/marvell/8053/8053_others2.zip
> 
> 
> Oh, that driver is very old. Here is the latest one which is working 
> with the current kernel:
> 
> http://www.syskonnect.de/syskonnect/support/driver/htm/sk9elin.htm
> 
> Could you please integrate it to the kernel?

Syskonnect's latest changes to the sk98lin driver do not adhere to Linux 
coding standards -- they have basically crammed two drivers into one in an 
ugly fashion. It won't be included in the mainline kernel in this form.

Part of sk98lin has been rewritten as skge (this supports the Yukon-based PCI 
adapters) which will be included in 2.6.13.

In order to support the newer Yukon-II (PCI express) adapters in an acceptable 
fashion, a new driver will need to be written, skge-style. I don't think this 
is in development just yet. Perhaps you could try contacting 
Syskonnect/Marvell yourself to get them to help out developing a driver fit 
for inclusion.

Daniel

Re: driver for Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:19:20 +0100
Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> wrote:

> Hi Alexander,
> 
> Alexander Fieroch wrote:
> > Alexander Fieroch wrote:
> > 
> >> http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan/marvell/8053/8053_others2.zip
> > 
> > 
> > Oh, that driver is very old. Here is the latest one which is
> > working with the current kernel:
> > 
> > http://www.syskonnect.de/syskonnect/support/driver/htm/sk9elin.htm
> > 
> > Could you please integrate it to the kernel?
> 
> Syskonnect's latest changes to the sk98lin driver do not adhere to
> Linux coding standards -- they have basically crammed two drivers
> into one in an ugly fashion. It won't be included in the mainline
> kernel in this form.
> 
> Part of sk98lin has been rewritten as skge (this supports the Yukon-
> based PCI adapters) which will be included in 2.6.13.
> 
> In order to support the newer Yukon-II (PCI express) adapters in an
> acceptable fashion, a new driver will need to be written, skge-style.
> I don't think this is in development just yet. Perhaps you could try
> contacting Syskonnect/Marvell yourself to get them to help out
> developing a driver fit for inclusion.
> 
I am working on a sky2 driver modeled on skge.  It is taking baby steps
now.