Marvell Yukon (Sky2)

This applies to all Marvell Yukon2 Gigabit network adapters.

[edit] Basic Setup

[edit] Kernel Setup

Configure your kernel to have these options enabled:

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

Compile and install your kernel.

[edit] Software Setup

Follow the Gentoo Network Configuration section of the Handbook.

[edit] Troubleshooting

[edit] Slow transfer rates

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

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

[edit] Kernel crash or "Bad Packets" errors

Append noapic to the kernel line of your boot manger config. For example, in grub, you could write:

kernel /linux-2.6.28-r1 root=/dev/hda5 noapic

[edit] Links

• Drivers for linux directly from Marvell