Comments on: Using a Marvell LAN card with ESXi 4 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/ the difference that is no difference makes no difference Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:06:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ray http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-406 Ray Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:06:12 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-406 Fantastic! I was able to get the integrated Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NIC (11ab:4364) working in my Shuttle SG31 (SG31G20) with the Sky2 driver posted here, and after some editing of pci.ids and simple.map. Fantastic! I was able to get the integrated Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NIC (11ab:4364) working in my Shuttle SG31 (SG31G20) with the Sky2 driver posted here, and after some editing of pci.ids and simple.map.

]]> By: crypster http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-332 crypster Mon, 16 May 2011 01:44:21 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-332 If I were to load just skge.o alone, I would also encounter 0:00:00:23.538 cpu2:4808)Elf: 3043: Kernel module skge was loaded, but has no signature attached. marvell 88e8001 will still be load. It seems like I cannot get to have both Marvell nic running. There is some signature error on skge.o I have tried both version If I were to load just skge.o alone, I would also encounter
0:00:00:23.538 cpu2:4808)Elf: 3043: Kernel module skge was loaded, but has no signature attached.

marvell 88e8001 will still be load.

It seems like I cannot get to have both Marvell nic running. There is some signature error on skge.o

I have tried both version

]]> By: crypster http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-331 crypster Sun, 15 May 2011 20:10:38 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-331 hi samarium I am also using Asus P5Q-E The below are what I have found marvell 88e8056 pci id: 11ab:4364 marvell 88e8001 pci id: 11ab:4320 When I load sky_2.o the was discovered successfully. however when I put in skge.o together. Instead marvell 88e8056 was not found but marvell 88e8001 was loaded. I discover the screen with red text stating 0:00:00:23.538 cpu2:4808)Elf: 3043: Kernel module skge was loaded, but has no signature attached. Were you able to load both drivers? hi samarium

I am also using Asus P5Q-E

The below are what I have found
marvell 88e8056
pci id: 11ab:4364

marvell 88e8001
pci id: 11ab:4320

When I load sky_2.o the was discovered successfully.

however when I put in skge.o together. Instead marvell 88e8056 was not found but marvell 88e8001 was loaded. I discover the screen with red text stating

0:00:00:23.538 cpu2:4808)Elf: 3043: Kernel module skge was loaded, but has no signature attached.

Were you able to load both drivers?

]]> By: Marvell 88E8056 and vSphere 4.1 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-312 Marvell 88E8056 and vSphere 4.1 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:05:03 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-312 [...] digging around revealed the steps necessary to create this homebrewed version.  The author provides a link to a precompiled version, but this doesn’t (yet) have the [...] [...] digging around revealed the steps necessary to create this homebrewed version.  The author provides a link to a precompiled version, but this doesn’t (yet) have the [...]

]]> By: forzyte http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-307 forzyte Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:38:16 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-307 Just tested xieliweis driver on a Shuttle SX58J3 with 88E8057 onboard. management and simple VM Network seem to work smoothly, thanks a lot!!! Just tested xieliweis driver on a Shuttle SX58J3 with 88E8057 onboard.
management and simple VM Network seem to work smoothly, thanks a lot!!!

]]> By: mike.tallroth http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-281 mike.tallroth Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:39:22 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-281 I just upgraded my Dell T110 server from ESXi 4.0 to 4.1. The intention was to get a new Galileo NIC working as a secondary port, and I read that the sky2 driver was present in 4.1. This Galileo uses the Marvell 88E8075 (11ab:4370). After performing the simple.map and pci.ids customizations, I could get the machine to recognize the card as something it could passthru, but not as a NIC for the host. Looking in the logs revealed the same undefined symbol problem with bitreverse as described above. I used the driver from sky2-1.22-for-esxi4-88e8057-r1-xieliwei.tar.gz straight up using the same oem.tgz mechanism, and the host was able to recognize it right off. Very cool. Thanks a million! I just upgraded my Dell T110 server from ESXi 4.0 to 4.1. The intention was to get a new Galileo NIC working as a secondary port, and I read that the sky2 driver was present in 4.1. This Galileo uses the Marvell 88E8075 (11ab:4370).

After performing the simple.map and pci.ids customizations, I could get the machine to recognize the card as something it could passthru, but not as a NIC for the host. Looking in the logs revealed the same undefined symbol problem with bitreverse as described above.

I used the driver from sky2-1.22-for-esxi4-88e8057-r1-xieliwei.tar.gz straight up using the same oem.tgz mechanism, and the host was able to recognize it right off. Very cool. Thanks a million!

]]> By: xieliwei http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-275 xieliwei Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:38:51 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-275 I seem to recall seeing a sky2.o module the first time I tried getting the 88e8057 working, but I was lacking sleep at that time... Somehow after modifying the simple.map file to load that module, it reported missing symbols. I seem to recall seeing a sky2.o module the first time I tried getting the 88e8057 working, but I was lacking sleep at that time… Somehow after modifying the simple.map file to load that module, it reported missing symbols.

]]> By: kernel http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-274 kernel Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:14:37 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-274 Thanks Dave. I still need to get around to looking at 4.1. So does the installer include the sky2 driver, or is it just the source code included in the oss files? Thanks Dave. I still need to get around to looking at 4.1. So does the installer include the sky2 driver, or is it just the source code included in the oss files?

]]> By: Dave Mishchenko http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-273 Dave Mishchenko Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:49:03 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-273 I don't see it mentioned in the comments above, but VMware snuck in a sky2 into 4.1. I've posted some details here - http://www.vm-help.com/esx41/sky2_driver.php. I don’t see it mentioned in the comments above, but VMware snuck in a sky2 into 4.1. I’ve posted some details here – http://www.vm-help.com/esx41/sky2_driver.php.

]]> By: kernel http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/using-a-marvell-lan-card-with-esxi-4/2009/08/22/comment-page-2/#comment-272 kernel Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:56:35 +0000 http://www.kernelcrash.com/blog/?p=369#comment-272 I think ESX and ESXi are fundamentally the same thing at the basic kernel level that we're looking at here I think ESX and ESXi are fundamentally the same thing at the basic kernel level that we’re looking at here

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