Installing D-Link DGE-530T Gigabit NIC on an Woody 3.0r5 after Install.

[Siju George]

Hi al,

I have been working on a debian woody 3.0r5 for which I have to
install a D-Link DGE-530T Gigabit NIC o it now.

Running

#modconf

and looking under

kernel/drivers/net Drivers for network interface cards

I find

dl2k - D-Link 2000-based Gigabit Ethernet support

Could someone please tell me if it is the right module I should
Install to get the Gigabit NIC working or should I use the driver on
the CD.

If I should use the driver on the CD could someone please tell me how
to install it.

Thankyou so much

Kind Regards

Siju

[Siju George]

Post by Siju George
Hi al,
I have been working on a debian woody 3.0r5 for which I have to
install a D-Link DGE-530T Gigabit NIC o it now.
Running
#modconf
and looking under
kernel/drivers/net Drivers for network interface cards
I find
dl2k - D-Link 2000-based Gigabit Ethernet support
Could someone please tell me if it is the right module I should
Install to get the Gigabit NIC working or should I use the driver on
the CD.

The Installation of this module failed so now could someone please
tell me how I ca install this NIC??

Post by Siju George
If I should use the driver on the CD could someone please tell me how
to install it.
Thankyou so much
Kind Regards
Siju

[Colin Ingram]

Post by Siju George
The Installation of this module failed so now could someone please
tell me how I ca install this NIC??

I assume you mean the sk98lin module that I suggested to use? Exactly
what failed? Did you try the one which is available in the kernel? I
suggest trying this first. When you recompile the kernel you should
find the correct module.

** in the top level of the kernel source **
$ make menuconfig

then goto

Device Drivers ---> Networking support ---> Ethernet (1000 Mbit) --->

Select "Marvel Yukon Chipset/ SysKonnect SK-98xx Support" and compile it
as a module

the build the kernel image .deb (go ahead and build the headers
also...you will need this if this module fails to work, this can be done
in three steps

$ fakeroot make-kpkg clean
$ fakeroot make-kpkg binary-arch
$ sudo dpkg -i
/usr/src/kernel-{image,headers}(kernel-version)(--append-to-version)_(--revision)_(architecture).deb

then restart your system...logon

now load the module

$ sudo modprobe sk98lin

no bring the interface up

$ sudo ifconfig eth0 up

if that doesn't work you will have to compile the module from
SysKonnect. Follow the instructions at their website. Be sure to link
/usr/src/linux to
/usr/src/kernel-headers-(kernel-version)(--append-to-version) that you
created.

$ cd /usr/src
$ sudo ln -s kernel-headers-(kernel-version)(--append-to-version) linux

More info on building kernels:
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

SysKonnect Driver Module and Instructions
http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/readme/linux/sk98lin.html
http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/zip/linux/install-8_16.tar.bz2

Hope that helps let me know how it goes.

[Siju George]

Post by Colin Ingram

Post by Siju George
The Installation of this module failed so now could someone please
tell me how I ca install this NIC??

I assume you mean the sk98lin module that I suggested to use? Exactly
what failed? Did you try the one which is available in the kernel? I
suggest trying this first. When you recompile the kernel you should
find the correct module.

Thankyou ngram for your detailed reply :-)

Sorry for responding late! i was away for sometime :-(

That mail was sent to the list i think before your suggestion.

what failed was the

dl2k module in woody 2.4 kernel

I have downloaded sarge today and am going to install it so I'll let
you know the details soon.

I happened to see something strange though!

on june 6th on the debian site it was written that Sarge would take
one more week to get released because of some critical bugs needing to
be fixed but today i find that the site mentions that Sarge was
released on june 6th itslef!!

any Idea what happened??

also I see the CD ISOs have te alphabet "a" appended to their name like "3.1r0a"

does it mean that it is the alpha release of "3.1r0" or something??

Thankyou so much once again for caring to help :-)

Kind Regards

Siju

Post by Colin Ingram
** in the top level of the kernel source **
$ make menuconfig
then goto
Device Drivers ---> Networking support ---> Ethernet (1000 Mbit) --->
Select "Marvel Yukon Chipset/ SysKonnect SK-98xx Support" and compile it
as a module
the build the kernel image .deb (go ahead and build the headers
also...you will need this if this module fails to work, this can be done
in three steps
$ fakeroot make-kpkg clean
$ fakeroot make-kpkg binary-arch
$ sudo dpkg -i
/usr/src/kernel-{image,headers}(kernel-version)(--append-to-version)_(--revision)_(architecture).deb
then restart your system...logon
now load the module
$ sudo modprobe sk98lin
no bring the interface up
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 up
if that doesn't work you will have to compile the module from
SysKonnect. Follow the instructions at their website. Be sure to link
/usr/src/linux to
/usr/src/kernel-headers-(kernel-version)(--append-to-version) that you
created.
$ cd /usr/src
$ sudo ln -s kernel-headers-(kernel-version)(--append-to-version) linux
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
SysKonnect Driver Module and Instructions
http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/readme/linux/sk98lin.html
http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/zip/linux/install-8_16.tar.bz2
Hope that helps let me know how it goes.
--

[Colin Ingram]

Post by Siju George
I have downloaded sarge today and am going to install it so I'll let
you know the details soon.
I happened to see something strange though!

You should probably start a new thread with your new topic. You have a
better chance of getting a response from people other than myself, who
may not be following this thread anymore.

Post by Siju George
on june 6th on the debian site it was written that Sarge would take
one more week to get released because of some critical bugs needing to
be fixed but today i find that the site mentions that Sarge was
released on june 6th itslef!!
any Idea what happened??

I don't know about this but sarge was released June 6th.

Post by Siju George
also I see the CD ISOs have te alphabet "a" appended to their name like "3.1r0a"
does it mean that it is the alpha release of "3.1r0" or something??

Nope there was a minor update to correct a problem with the default
sources.list

Post by Siju George
Thankyou so much once again for caring to help :-)

No problem! Let us know of your upgrade goes.

[Colin Ingram]

Post by Siju George
Hi al,
I have been working on a debian woody 3.0r5 for which I have to
install a D-Link DGE-530T Gigabit NIC o it now.
Running
#modconf
and looking under
kernel/drivers/net Drivers for network interface cards
I find
dl2k - D-Link 2000-based Gigabit Ethernet support
Could someone please tell me if it is the right module I should
Install to get the Gigabit NIC working or should I use the driver on
the CD.

D-link DGE-530T uses the sk98lin driver. I was not able to get it to
work with the module included with the 2.4.x kernels and Woody, however
the module in kernel 2.6.8 (sarge) works fine. When I was using woody I
installed the driver from SysKonnect.

http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/

I would try the one that comes with the kernel first though since I
might have had some other problem.

[Siju George]

Post by Colin Ingram

Post by Siju George
Hi al,
I have been working on a debian woody 3.0r5 for which I have to
install a D-Link DGE-530T Gigabit NIC o it now.
Running
#modconf
and looking under
kernel/drivers/net Drivers for network interface cards
I find
dl2k - D-Link 2000-based Gigabit Ethernet support
Could someone please tell me if it is the right module I should
Install to get the Gigabit NIC working or should I use the driver on
the CD.

D-link DGE-530T uses the sk98lin driver. I was not able to get it to
work with the module included with the 2.4.x kernels and Woody, however
the module in kernel 2.6.8 (sarge) works fine. When I was using woody I
installed the driver from SysKonnect.
http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/
I would try the one that comes with the kernel first though since I
might have had some other problem.

Thanks a lot Colin for your feed back.

good luck

kind regards

Siju

[Siju George]

Post by Colin Ingram

Post by Siju George
Hi al,
I have been working on a debian woody 3.0r5 for which I have to
install a D-Link DGE-530T Gigabit NIC o it now.
Running
#modconf
and looking under
kernel/drivers/net Drivers for network interface cards
I find
dl2k - D-Link 2000-based Gigabit Ethernet support
Could someone please tell me if it is the right module I should
Install to get the Gigabit NIC working or should I use the driver on
the CD.

D-link DGE-530T uses the sk98lin driver. I was not able to get it to
work with the module included with the 2.4.x kernels and Woody, however
the module in kernel 2.6.8 (sarge) works fine. When I was using woody I
installed the driver from SysKonnect.
http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/
I would try the one that comes with the kernel first though since I
might have had some other problem.

Thankyou so much Colin. I installed Sarge and the sk98lin Driver for
D-link DGE-530T
and it is working.

-------------------
# dmesg |grep eth
eth0: DGE-530T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
eth1: VIA Rhine II at 0xec00, 00:0e:a6:1d:d9:25, IRQ 201.
eth1: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link 45e1.
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
eth0: network connection up using port A
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Thankyou so much once again.

Kind regads

Siju