[mythtv-users] [OT] Fedora Core 3 and G. Ethernet (Marvell 88E8050)

[Frank Baylee]

--- Frank Baylee <fb99999 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, it's been an adventure, but so far, no luck. I have a few bookmarks
> with some good information (sorry, don't have them handy, I'm at work now),
> as well as more knowledge of Linux than I had bargained for :)
> 
> What I have discovered is that many people are having the same problem.
> Some
> have been able to install the Marvell driver found here:
> 
> http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=107&pId=10
> 
> Others have not had as much luck.
> 
> Right now my system is rather horked up (I now know enough to really mess
> stuff up), so this weekend I am planning on reinstalling and trying out
> some
> of the things I have found in my bookmarks. I will post my notes! I am
> determined to get the driver installed, and to understand the process well
> enough to repeat it reliably. Stay tuned, I will post my progress sometime
> this weekend (or Monday if no sucess).
> 
> Also, to make getting source rpms and driver packages easier, I dropped in
> an
> old 3Com 10/100 card I fished out of the junk bin. FC3 recognized it, and
> this would probably be good enough, except that (a) I would like to use the
> PCI slot for something else, and (b) I certainly don't want to admit defeat
> -
> "Never give in and never give up".
> 
> --- "Louis C. Kouvaris" <louisk at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Frank,
> > 
> >     Did you ever get your Marvel Yukon 88e8050 chip recognized? I am
> > having the same trouble. Thanks.
> > 
> > --
> > Louis C. Kouvaris
> > 


Update - I am now giving up. I have attempted to install using kernel
2.6.9-1.667, 2.6.10-1.741, 2.6.10-1.753, and using version 7_07 of the driver
(from the Marvell website) and version 7_09 of the driver (from syskonnect).
I have tried each of the 3 install methods that come with the driver ('user',
'expert', and 'Generate Patch'), and have tried rebuilding the kernel, etc.
My most recent results are as follows:

Driver Version 7_07:
+++ Compile the driver
+++ ====================================
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.10/linux-2.6.10'
  CC [M]  /tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all/skge.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all/sky2.o
/tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all/skge.c: In function `sk98lin_init_device':
/tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all/skge.c:398: error: structure has no member
named `last_stats'
/tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all/skge.c:539: error: structure has no member
named `last_stats'
make[1]: *** [/tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all/skge.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all/sky2.c: In function `HandleReceives':
/tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all/sky2.c:1506: warning: implicit declaration
of function `pci_dma_sync_single'
make: *** [_module_/tmp/Sk98IBMqKgbPjkSaBpTaHTibM/all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.10/linux-2.6.10'
+++ Compiler error
Driver Version 7_09:

+++ Compile the driver
+++ ====================================
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.10/linux-2.6.10'
  CC [M]  /tmp/Sk98IRJKTCgBUAdjajUCgUpQg/all/skge.o
/tmp/Sk98IRJKTCgBUAdjajUCgUpQg/all/skge.c: In function `sk98lin_resume':
/tmp/Sk98IRJKTCgBUAdjajUCgUpQg/all/skge.c:678: error: too many arguments to
function `pci_restore_state'
/tmp/Sk98IRJKTCgBUAdjajUCgUpQg/all/skge.c: In function `sk98lin_suspend':
/tmp/Sk98IRJKTCgBUAdjajUCgUpQg/all/skge.c:755: error: too many arguments to
function `pci_save_state'
make[1]: *** [/tmp/Sk98IRJKTCgBUAdjajUCgUpQg/all/skge.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/tmp/Sk98IRJKTCgBUAdjajUCgUpQg/all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.10/linux-2.6.10'
+++ Compiler error

And this is just the network driver - I have yet to tackle the Sound Card
driver or the Video driver. 

Is Linux always this difficult? Or is it just my fault for purchasing current
hardware? Aaaaargh! Next step Windows and GB-PVR. Too bad, I really wanted to
try Myth.


		
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