Sky2

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This applies to all Marvell Yukon2 Gigabit network adapters.

1 Basic Setup
- 1.1 Kernel Setup
- 1.2 Software Setup
2 Troubleshooting
3 Links

Basic Setup

Kernel Setup

Linux Kernel Configuration:

Device Drivers  --->
    [*] Network device support  --->
        --- Network device support
        [*]   Ethernet (1000 Mbit)  --->
            --- Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
            <*>   SysKonnect Yukon2 support

Software Setup

Follow this guide.

Troubleshooting

slow transfer rates

If the sky2 module is working, but with intollerably poor transfer rates then try disabling the following in your kernel:

Linux Kernel Configuration:

Processor type and features  --->
    [ ] Local APIC support on uniprocessors
    [ ]   IO-APIC support on uniprocessors

kernel crash or "Bad Packets" errors

append noapic to the kernel line of your boot manger config, e.g. /boot/grub/grub.conf:

File: /boot/grub/grub.conf

 kernel other_kernel_options noapic

Gentoo Wiki

Sky2

Contents

Basic Setup

Kernel Setup

Software Setup

Troubleshooting

Links