From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin E Subject: Re: Marvell 88E8056 gigabit ethernet controller Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:15:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <573746.86745.qm@web38903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <2456F7EB-000C-4B71-B002-64340DD17BA8@linuxmontreal.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from web38903.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.125.109]:47996 "HELO web38903.mail.mud.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751060AbXHTBPs (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:15:48 -0400 In-Reply-To: <2456F7EB-000C-4B71-B002-64340DD17BA8@linuxmontreal.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Someone wrote me with a solution to try and so far it's working. They suggested I try the driver up on Marvell's website but to make sure I powered off the machine completely and when it rebooted to not have any of the regular kernel drivers for the Marvell chipset to load. They had found that letting the sky2 load and then unloading the module would mean the vendor's driver wouldn't work. So I got down the latest driver package they have (10.0.5.3). At first I couldn't get it compiled against kernel 2.6.22.3 that I'm running, but I have it compiled with the 2.6.21.5 kernel, which is what the machine is running now. And I'm happy to say that it's working fine so far. I've transfered about 4G over the link and it's still working fine. Since Marvell's driver seems to be working for the 88E8056 chipset and from what I've looked at the code it's marked as GPL, could it be rolled into the kernel for those of us that have 88E8056 chipsets that are working to use? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/