Marvell Technology ethernet card not recognized and not operational

Jose,

Please attach the output of 'lspci -vvnn'. It looks like the PCI ID is 11AB:4354 which probably makes it a drivers/net/sky2.c

Output of 'lspci --vvnn':

09:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device [11ab:4354] (rev 11)
 Subsystem: Dell Unknown device [1028:022f]
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
 Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
 Region 0: Memory at fe8fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Region 2: I/O ports at de00 [size=256]
 Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 3
  Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
  Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-
 Capabilities: [5c] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
  Address: 0000000000000000 Data: 0000
 Capabilities: [c0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0
  Device: Supported: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, ExtTag-
  Device: Latency L0s unlimited, L1 unlimited
  Device: AtnBtn- AtnInd- PwrInd-
  Device: Errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
  Device: RlxdOrd- ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
  Device: MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
  Link: Supported Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Port 0
  Link: Latency L0s <256ns, L1 unlimited
  Link: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled RCB 128 bytes CommClk+ ExtSynch-
  Link: Speed 2.5Gb/s, Width x1

Jose, please try this kernel:

wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~rtg/linux-image-2.6.22-10-generic_2.6.22-10.30_i386.deb-marvell-11ab-4354
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.22-10-generic_2.6.22-10.30_i386.deb-marvell-11ab-4354
sudo reboot

Installed linux-image-2.6.22-10-generic_2.6.22-10.30_i386.deb-marvell-11ab-4354, no luck. Here's the output of dmesg when I rmmod'ed and modprobe'd the module sky2:

[ 652.880000] sky2 0000:09:00.0: unsupported chip type 0xb8
[ 652.880000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:09:00.0 disabled
[ 652.880000] sky2: probe of 0000:09:00.0 failed with error -95
[ 665.472000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 793.420000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:09:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 793.420000] PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:09:00.0 to 64
[ 793.420000] sky2 0000:09:00.0: unsupported chip type 0xb8
[ 793.420000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:09:00.0 disabled
[ 793.420000] sky2: probe of 0000:09:00.0 failed with error -95

OK - last try. This has 2.6.22.6 fixes plus the subvendor ID 4354.

wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~rtg/linux-image-2.6.22-10-generic_2.6.22-10.30_i386.deb-marvell-11ab-4354-2
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.22-10-generic_2.6.22-10.30_i386.deb-marvell-11ab-4354-2
sudo reboot

No luck. Output of dmesg when unloading and loading sky2:

Aug 29 21:52:19 dell-laptop kernel: [ 864.988000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Aug 29 21:54:08 dell-laptop kernel: [ 973.628000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:09:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Aug 29 21:54:08 dell-laptop kernel: [ 973.628000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:09:00.0 disabled
Aug 29 21:54:08 dell-laptop kernel: [ 973.628000] sky2: probe of 0000:09:00.0 failed with error -95

In addition, my display was messed up, I saw thin black lines across the entire screen.

Tim:

We're working on our end to see if driver support can be added upstream.

I have one more official update from Stephen Hemminger that might help, but it still doesn't contain the subvendor ID 4354. I'll build later this morning and post it for you to test.

Next attempt:

wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~rtg/linux-image-2.6.22-10-generic_2.6.22-10.30_i386.deb-marvell-11ab-4354-3
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.22-10-generic_2.6.22-10.30_i386.deb-marvell-11ab-4354-3
sudo reboot

...getting there, I can now see the NIC. Below is output in /var/log/messages when I rmmod and modprobe sky2:

Aug 31 11:30:43 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4401.068000] sky2 eth1: disabling interface
Aug 31 11:30:43 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4401.096000] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:09:00.0 disabled
Aug 31 11:30:47 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4405.880000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:09:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Aug 31 11:30:47 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4405.880000] sky2 0000:09:00.0: v1.14 addr 0xfe8fc000 irq 16 Yukon-FE+ (0xb8) rev 0
Aug 31 11:30:47 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4405.884000] sky2 eth0: addr 00:15:c5:7d:41:4c
Aug 31 11:30:47 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4405.900000] sky2 eth1: enabling interface
Aug 31 11:30:47 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4405.904000] sky2 eth1: ram buffer 0K
Aug 31 11:30:47 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4405.904000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
Aug 31 11:30:49 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4407.440000] sky2 eth1: Link is up at 100 Mbps, half duplex, flow control none
Aug 31 11:30:49 dell-laptop kernel: [ 4407.444000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready

However, I can't get an IP address (DHCP). Even when using a static IP, I still could not reach the network (pretty sure network cable is fine). I'm attaching /var/log/syslog, where I see a bunch of messages:

..no IPv6 routers present..

when I restart the networking service. Not sure if its trying to get an IPv6 address? Also, not sure why it's assigning eth1 and not eth0 to it.

This Inspiron 1525 that I received today has an 11ab:4353 Marvell ethernet device, not an 11ab:4354. However, though it is detected, it does not bring up link.

Tim:

So looks like you're seeing what I'm seeing, even though we may not have the exact same device?

Yes, it looks like it. I'm messing with sk98lin from Syskonnect to see if it will work. It definitely has support for the subvendor IDs.

sky2 supports Marvell device 11AB 4353, but not device 11AB 4354. Currently working with Marvell team and Stephen Hemminger to fix issue.

Tim:

It's been a while since LP has been updated. I know we've been communicating via email, do you mind posting the latest status in LP? Thanks.

I sent a Spears laptop to Stephan Hemminger this morning via FedEx for overnight delivery with Amit's approval to do so. Stephan has released 1.18 of the sky2 driver that supports the 11ab:4354 part, but it has serious performance problems. I've verified the hardware is sane by running the sk98lin driver from Marvell. I was able to achieve near line rate reception.

Stephan was able to develop a patch that allows the driver to receive at decent rates. However, the patch is to ignore bogus receiver status errors. This appears to be an errata in the hardware. The only time this might cause a problem is if there is a real CRC error in the packet and the packet is not checksummed by an upper layer, e.g. ICMP or some UDP.

I've asked Stephan to Cc me when the sky2 driver changes are submitted upstream. The patches that I have from him succeed with fuzz, so I want to make sure I have correct sources.

Gutsy commit 9fffab06548384e8c9823d103f2fbed1388c7faf. Pulled sky2 from jgarzik/netdev-2.6 as of e0c281163d634e2982a81b55fc974a6663afde65

linux-source-2.6.22 (2.6.22-13.40) gutsy; urgency=low

  [Amit Kucheria]

  * Enable CONFIG_VM86 for LPIA
    - LP: #146311
  * Update configuration files
  * Disable MSI by default
  * Add mmconf documentation
  * Update configuration files

  [Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

  * ide-disk: workaround for buggy HPA support on ST340823A (take 3)
    - LP: #26119

  [Ben Collins]

  * ubuntu/cell: Fixup ps3 related modules for d-i, enable RTAS console
  * ubuntu/cell: Enable CELLEB and related modules (pata_scc)
  * ubuntu/cell: Move ps3rom to storage-core. Also use spidernet, not
    spider_net.
  * ubuntu/cell: Set PS3_MANAGER=y
  * ubuntu: Set NR_CPUS=256 for sparc64-smp

  [Chuck Short]

  * [USB] USB] Support for MediaTek MT6227 in cdc-acm.
    - LP: #134123
  * [XEN] Fix xen vif create with more than 14 guests.
    - LP: #14486

  [Jorge Juan Chico]

  * ide: ST320413A has the same problem as ST340823A
    - LP: #26119

  [Kyle McMartin]

  * fix -rt build
  * fix ia32entry-xen.S for CVE-2007-4573
  * fix build when CONFIG_PCI_MSI is not set

  [Matthew Garrett]

  * hostap: send events on data interface as well as master interface
    - LP: #57146
  * A malformed _GTF object should not prevent ATA device recovery
    - LP: #139079
  * hostap: send events on data interface as well as master interface
    - LP: #57146
  * A malformed _GTF object should not prevent ATA device recovery
    - LP: #139079
  * Don't lose appletouch button release events
  * Fix build with appletouch change
  * Disable Thinkpad backlight support on machines with ACPI video
    - LP: #148055
  * Don't attempt to register a callback if there is no CMOS object
    - LP: #145857
  * Update ACPI bay hotswap code to support locking
    - LP: #148219
  * Update ACPI bay hotswap code to support locking
    - LP: #148219
  * Don't attempt to register a callback if there is no CMOS object
    - LP: #145857
  * Disable Thinkpad backlight support on machines with ACPI video
    - LP: #148055

  [Steffen Klassert]

  * 3c59x: fix duplex configuration
    - LP: #94186

  [Thomas Gleixner]

  * clockevents: remove the suspend/resume workaround^Wthinko

  [Tim Gardner]

  * orinoco_cs.ko missing
    - LP: #125832
  * Marvell Technology ethernet card not recognized and not operational
    - LP: #135316
  * Marvell Technology ethernet card not recognized and not operational
    - LP: #135316
  * acpi_scan_rsdp() breaks some PCs by not honouring ACPI specification
    - LP: #144336
  * VIA southbridge Intel id missing
    - LP: #128289
  * Add T-Sinus 111card to hostap_cs driver to be able to upload firmware
    - LP: #132466
  * RTL8111 PCI Express Gigabit driver r8169 big files produce slow file
    transfer
    - LP: #114171
  * Guest OS does not recognize a lun with non zero target id on Vmware ESX
    Server
    - LP: #140761
  * Modualrize vesafb
    - LP: #139505
  * Nikon cameras need support in unusual_devs.h
    - LP: #134477
  * agp for i830m broken in gutsy
    - LP: #139767
  * hdaps: Added support for Thinkpad T61
    - LP: #147383
  * xen: Update config for i386
    - LP: #139047
  * xen: resync for amd64
    - LP: #139047
  * ide-disk: workaround for buggy HPA support ...

I bought an inspiron 1525 with Vista. I installed Ubuntu 7.10 from a livecd. Cannot get an ip from the ethernet card.

From the hardy livecd there was no problem. I installed a debian unstable kernel 2.6.24 and I got an ip without problems

Then i downloaded the ubuntu-dell-1525n-intelvideo-reinstall.iso from dell, because people at dell advised me so.

My ethernet card at home was ok. I made an dist-upgrade. But i did not check if after the dist-upgrade the ethernet got an ip.

Now at work (i have no wireless at work) again i cannot get an ip (i have a proxy). It is a problem of the ethernet card, not the cable.

I don't know if this is going to be fixed. But it is frustrating.

flgalera,

Your problem is very odd, the Marvell ethernet card on the 1525 works fine (with DHCP and static IPs) with both the Dell iso image or the image from ubuntu.com, and it works with Hardy alpha 6 with latest updates.

09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 12)

There's really nothing to fix, as it just works. Could there be a special network configuration at your work that is preventing you from getting an IP address using DHCP?

Maybe it's only me and another guy that have the same problem, and it is a faulty ethernet card problem. Here is the reference of this guy:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2008-February/026003.html
But it is very strange.
I'll explain more throughly. I installed debian testing without network in the 1525. After reboot still no network.
Then i downloaded the kernel 2.6.24 from unstable and dpkg -i it in the 1525. I got ethernet working with this kernel!
Then i compiled as module the sk98lin in the 2.6.22 (testing) kernel. Again i got ethernet working with the 2.6.22.
But after this, when i tried to get ethernet with the 2.6.24 again no network with this 2.6.24 kernel!
I was happy with testing, but no sound, no webcam, no suspend and some other problems. Too much work, i got back to ubuntu.
My problem is that i have no wireless at work, so no internet with the laptop. The only difference with the DHCP configuration is that at home i have no proxy, and here (at work) we have a proxy server.
Anyway, thank you.

At work, do you know if they have 'EDGE' configured on your switch ports(or similar)? I ran into an issue with both sky2 and tg3 with then not wanting to get an IP when EDGE was on. I'd have to try 3,4 times sometimes to get it to work.

Mario Limonciello
Dell | Linux Engineering
Desk : (512) 723-0582
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-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> on behalf of flgalera
Sent: Tue 3/18/2008 4:20 AM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 135316] Re: Marvell Technology ethernet card not recognized andnot operational

Maybe it's only me and another guy that have the same problem, and it is a faulty ethernet card problem. Here is the reference of this guy:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2008-February/026003.html
But it is very strange.
I'll explain more throughly. I installed debian testing without network in the 1525. After reboot still no network.
Then i downloaded the kernel 2.6.24 from unstable and dpkg -i it in the 1525. I got ethernet working with this kernel!
Then i compiled as module the sk98lin in the 2.6.22 (testing) kernel. Again i got ethernet working with the 2.6.22.
But after this, when i tried to get ethernet with the 2.6.24 again no network with this 2.6.24 kernel!
I was happy with testing, but no sound, no webcam, no suspend and some other problems. Too much work, i got back to ubuntu.
My problem is that i have no wireless at work, so no internet with the laptop. The only difference with the DHCP configuration is that at home i have no proxy, and here (at work) we have a proxy server.
Anyway, thank you.

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Sorry, but i do not know what EDGE means. I'll ask, but in eleven days or so, because i travel abroad these next ten days.
i found this thread.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=421367
It is a different marvell card, and a different OS (Feisty, and not Gutsy), but the same problem.
In the last page of the thread some guy says something that make sense to me.
<blockquote>To my knowledge this will have nothing to do with dhclient. Have a look at this list and decide for yourself:
- dhcp on, beacon on: works
- dhcp on, beacon off: error
- dhcp off, beacon off: error</blockquote>
I do not know what "beacon" is, nor how i can turn it on or off; but it seems to me something related to wireless.
At home, i have wireless, and ethernet provide ip for 1525.
At work, no wireless, no ip through ethernet.
As most people have wireless, they are not aware of this problem.
Anyway, i do not know if this is right or not.

Thank you.

Confimed:
This problem is related only to SOME networks.
At home: no problems with the ethernet card.
At home, connecting two computers through ssh: no problems with the ethernet card.
At work, with gusty: The ethernet card is unable to get an ip through dhcp. I'll try several times to "ifup" next time i go there with the 1525.
At work, with other computers, or with kernel 2.6.24, or with kernel 2.6.22+sk98lin module: no problem with the ethernet card.

What is the current status of this problem?

I encountered the problem with gutsy, and upgraded to hardy (2.6.22-14-generic), hoping that it would be fixed, but without any luck.

My laptop works in the office (100Mbps switched LAN) but not at home (10Mbps hub connected to an ADSL modem). At home I do not even get a link light showing on the hub when the the laptop is connected to it. On the laptop side I get a green link light but no activity.

lspci -vvnn shows a Marvell 88E8040 [11ab:4354] (rev 12) with a subsystem "Dell Unknown device [1028:022f]" just like the examples above.

Any assistance in getting this fixed would be greatly appreciated!

If you are on 2.6.22-14, you are not on Hardy. Hardy's 2.6.24-{16,17,18,19}-generic

OK, now I am confused. I should state that I am a newcomer, and a very happy one, to Linux. I used to sysadmin Sun boxes (primarily SunOS) about 10-15 years ago, so I have a reasonable, if slightly dated, idea of my way around Unix systems.

Back to now:

I initially installed Gutsy on the laptop, hit the problem with the LAN so upgraded (I thought) to Hardy.

If I run uname -a I see "Linux MCNAME 2.6.22.14-generic #1 SMP DATE i686 GNU/Linux".

If I run lsb_release -a I see "Ubuntu 8.04" codename "Hardy" (among other stuff).

Did something break on the upgrade perhaps?

George:

You are likely just booting into an older gutsy kernel. At your grub screen, just pick the newer 2.6.24 based kernel.

Mario Limonciello
Dell | Linux Engineering
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From: <email address hidden> on behalf of George Wells
Sent: Sat 6/7/2008 10:01 AM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 135316] Re: Marvell Technology ethernet card not recognized andnot operational

OK, now I am confused. I should state that I am a newcomer, and a very
happy one, to Linux. I used to sysadmin Sun boxes (primarily SunOS)
about 10-15 years ago, so I have a reasonable, if slightly dated, idea
of my way around Unix systems.

Back to now:

I initially installed Gutsy on the laptop, hit the problem with the LAN
so upgraded (I thought) to Hardy.

If I run uname -a I see "Linux MCNAME 2.6.22.14-generic #1 SMP DATE i686
GNU/Linux".

If I run lsb_release -a I see "Ubuntu 8.04" codename "Hardy" (among
other stuff).

Did something break on the upgrade perhaps?

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