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-(C)Copyright 1999-2004 Marvell(R).
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-All rights reserved
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-===========================================================================
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-sk98lin.txt created 13-Feb-2004
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-Readme File for sk98lin v6.23
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-Marvell Yukon/SysKonnect SK-98xx Gigabit Ethernet Adapter family driver for LINUX
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-This file contains
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- 1 Overview
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- 2 Required Files
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- 3 Installation
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- 3.1 Driver Installation
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- 3.2 Inclusion of adapter at system start
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- 4 Driver Parameters
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- 4.1 Per-Port Parameters
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- 4.2 Adapter Parameters
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- 5 Large Frame Support
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- 6 VLAN and Link Aggregation Support (IEEE 802.1, 802.1q, 802.3ad)
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- 7 Troubleshooting
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-
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-===========================================================================
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-
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-1 Overview
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-===========
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-
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-The sk98lin driver supports the Marvell Yukon and SysKonnect
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-SK-98xx/SK-95xx compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter on Linux. It has
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-been tested with Linux on Intel/x86 machines.
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-***
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-2 Required Files
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-=================
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-The linux kernel source.
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-No additional files required.
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-***
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-3 Installation
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-===============
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-
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-It is recommended to download the latest version of the driver from the
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-SysKonnect web site www.syskonnect.com. If you have downloaded the latest
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-driver, the Linux kernel has to be patched before the driver can be
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-installed. For details on how to patch a Linux kernel, refer to the
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-patch.txt file.
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-3.1 Driver Installation
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-The following steps describe the actions that are required to install
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-the driver and to start it manually. These steps should be carried
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-out for the initial driver setup. Once confirmed to be ok, they can
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-be included in the system start.
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-
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-NOTE 1: To perform the following tasks you need 'root' access.
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-NOTE 2: In case of problems, please read the section "Troubleshooting"
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- below.
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-The driver can either be integrated into the kernel or it can be compiled
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-as a module. Select the appropriate option during the kernel
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-configuration.
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-
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-Compile/use the driver as a module
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-----------------------------------
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-To compile the driver, go to the directory /usr/src/linux and
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-execute the command "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" and proceed as
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-follows:
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-To integrate the driver permanently into the kernel, proceed as follows:
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-1. Select the menu "Network device support" and then "Ethernet(1000Mbit)"
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-2. Mark "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx family support"
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- with (*)
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-3. Build a new kernel when the configuration of the above options is
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- finished.
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-4. Install the new kernel.
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-5. Reboot your system.
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-To use the driver as a module, proceed as follows:
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-
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-1. Enable 'loadable module support' in the kernel.
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-2. For automatic driver start, enable the 'Kernel module loader'.
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-3. Select the menu "Network device support" and then "Ethernet(1000Mbit)"
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-4. Mark "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx family support"
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- with (M)
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-5. Execute the command "make modules".
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-6. Execute the command "make modules_install".
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- The appropriate modules will be installed.
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-7. Reboot your system.
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-Load the module manually
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-To load the module manually, proceed as follows:
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-1. Enter "modprobe sk98lin".
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-2. If a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx adapter is installed in
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- your computer and you have a /proc file system, execute the command:
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- "ls /proc/net/sk98lin/"
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- This should produce an output containing a line with the following
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- format:
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- eth0 eth1 ...
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- which indicates that your adapter has been found and initialized.
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- NOTE 1: If you have more than one Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx
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- adapter installed, the adapters will be listed as 'eth0',
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- 'eth1', 'eth2', etc.
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- For each adapter, repeat steps 3 and 4 below.
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- NOTE 2: If you have other Ethernet adapters installed, your Marvell
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- Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx adapter will be mapped to the
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- next available number, e.g. 'eth1'. The mapping is executed
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- automatically.
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- The module installation message (displayed either in a system
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- log file or on the console) prints a line for each adapter
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- found containing the corresponding 'ethX'.
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-
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-3. Select an IP address and assign it to the respective adapter by
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- entering:
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- ifconfig eth0 <ip-address>
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- With this command, the adapter is connected to the Ethernet.
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- SK-98xx Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapters: The yellow LED on the adapter
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- is now active, the link status LED of the primary port is active and
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- the link status LED of the secondary port (on dual port adapters) is
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- blinking (if the ports are connected to a switch or hub).
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- SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters: The link status LED is active.
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- In addition, you will receive a status message on the console stating
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- "ethX: network connection up using port Y" and showing the selected
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- connection parameters (x stands for the ethernet device number
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- (0,1,2, etc), y stands for the port name (A or B)).
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- NOTE: If you are in doubt about IP addresses, ask your network
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- administrator for assistance.
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-4. Your adapter should now be fully operational.
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- Use 'ping <otherstation>' to verify the connection to other computers
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- on your network.
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-5. To check the adapter configuration view /proc/net/sk98lin/[devicename].
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- For example by executing:
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- "cat /proc/net/sk98lin/eth0"
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-Unload the module
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-To stop and unload the driver modules, proceed as follows:
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-1. Execute the command "ifconfig eth0 down".
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-2. Execute the command "rmmod sk98lin".
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-3.2 Inclusion of adapter at system start
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-Since a large number of different Linux distributions are
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-available, we are unable to describe a general installation procedure
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-for the driver module.
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-Because the driver is now integrated in the kernel, installation should
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-be easy, using the standard mechanism of your distribution.
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-Refer to the distribution's manual for installation of ethernet adapters.
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-
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-***
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-4 Driver Parameters
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-====================
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-Parameters can be set at the command line after the module has been
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-loaded with the command 'modprobe'.
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-In some distributions, the configuration tools are able to pass parameters
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-to the driver module.
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-If you use the kernel module loader, you can set driver parameters
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-in the file /etc/modprobe.conf (or /etc/modules.conf in 2.4 or earlier).
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-To set the driver parameters in this file, proceed as follows:
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-1. Insert a line of the form :
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- options sk98lin ...
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- For "...", the same syntax is required as described for the command
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- line parameters of modprobe below.
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-2. To activate the new parameters, either reboot your computer
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- or
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- unload and reload the driver.
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- The syntax of the driver parameters is:
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- modprobe sk98lin parameter=value1[,value2[,value3...]]
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- where value1 refers to the first adapter, value2 to the second etc.
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-
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-NOTE: All parameters are case sensitive. Write them exactly as shown
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- below.
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-
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-Example:
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-Suppose you have two adapters. You want to set auto-negotiation
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-on the first adapter to ON and on the second adapter to OFF.
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-You also want to set DuplexCapabilities on the first adapter
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-to FULL, and on the second adapter to HALF.
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-Then, you must enter:
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-
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- modprobe sk98lin AutoNeg_A=On,Off DupCap_A=Full,Half
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-NOTE: The number of adapters that can be configured this way is
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- limited in the driver (file skge.c, constant SK_MAX_CARD_PARAM).
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- The current limit is 16. If you happen to install
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- more adapters, adjust this and recompile.
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-4.1 Per-Port Parameters
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-These settings are available for each port on the adapter.
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-In the following description, '?' stands for the port for
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-which you set the parameter (A or B).
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-Speed
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-Parameter: Speed_?
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-Values: 10, 100, 1000, Auto
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-Default: Auto
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-This parameter is used to set the speed capabilities. It is only valid
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-for the SK-98xx V2.0 copper adapters.
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-Usually, the speed is negotiated between the two ports during link
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-establishment. If this fails, a port can be forced to a specific setting
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-with this parameter.
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-Auto-Negotiation
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-Parameter: AutoNeg_?
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-Values: On, Off, Sense
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-Default: On
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-The "Sense"-mode automatically detects whether the link partner supports
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-auto-negotiation or not.
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-Duplex Capabilities
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-Parameter: DupCap_?
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-Values: Half, Full, Both
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-Default: Both
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-This parameters is only relevant if auto-negotiation for this port is
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-not set to "Sense". If auto-negotiation is set to "On", all three values
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-are possible. If it is set to "Off", only "Full" and "Half" are allowed.
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-This parameter is useful if your link partner does not support all
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-possible combinations.
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-
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-Flow Control
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-Parameter: FlowCtrl_?
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-Values: Sym, SymOrRem, LocSend, None
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-Default: SymOrRem
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-This parameter can be used to set the flow control capabilities the
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-port reports during auto-negotiation. It can be set for each port
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-individually.
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-Possible modes:
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- -- Sym = Symmetric: both link partners are allowed to send
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- PAUSE frames
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- -- SymOrRem = SymmetricOrRemote: both or only remote partner
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- are allowed to send PAUSE frames
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- -- LocSend = LocalSend: only local link partner is allowed
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- to send PAUSE frames
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- -- None = no link partner is allowed to send PAUSE frames
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-NOTE: This parameter is ignored if auto-negotiation is set to "Off".
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-Role in Master-Slave-Negotiation (1000Base-T only)
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-Parameter: Role_?
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-Values: Auto, Master, Slave
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-Default: Auto
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-This parameter is only valid for the SK-9821 and SK-9822 adapters.
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-For two 1000Base-T ports to communicate, one must take the role of the
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-master (providing timing information), while the other must be the
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-slave. Usually, this is negotiated between the two ports during link
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-establishment. If this fails, a port can be forced to a specific setting
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-with this parameter.
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-4.2 Adapter Parameters
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-Connection Type (SK-98xx V2.0 copper adapters only)
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-Parameter: ConType
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-Values: Auto, 100FD, 100HD, 10FD, 10HD
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-Default: Auto
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-The parameter 'ConType' is a combination of all five per-port parameters
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-within one single parameter. This simplifies the configuration of both ports
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-of an adapter card! The different values of this variable reflect the most
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-meaningful combinations of port parameters.
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-The following table shows the values of 'ConType' and the corresponding
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-combinations of the per-port parameters:
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- ConType | DupCap AutoNeg FlowCtrl Role Speed
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- Auto | Both On SymOrRem Auto Auto
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- 100FD | Full Off None Auto (ignored) 100
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- 100HD | Half Off None Auto (ignored) 100
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- 10FD | Full Off None Auto (ignored) 10
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- 10HD | Half Off None Auto (ignored) 10
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-Stating any other port parameter together with this 'ConType' variable
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-will result in a merged configuration of those settings. This due to
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-the fact, that the per-port parameters (e.g. Speed_? ) have a higher
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-priority than the combined variable 'ConType'.
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-NOTE: This parameter is always used on both ports of the adapter card.
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-Interrupt Moderation
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-Parameter: Moderation
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-Values: None, Static, Dynamic
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-Default: None
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-Interrupt moderation is employed to limit the maximum number of interrupts
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-the driver has to serve. That is, one or more interrupts (which indicate any
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-transmit or receive packet to be processed) are queued until the driver
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-processes them. When queued interrupts are to be served, is determined by the
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-'IntsPerSec' parameter, which is explained later below.
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-
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-Possible modes:
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- -- None - No interrupt moderation is applied on the adapter card.
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- Therefore, each transmit or receive interrupt is served immediately
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- as soon as it appears on the interrupt line of the adapter card.
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-
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- -- Static - Interrupt moderation is applied on the adapter card.
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- All transmit and receive interrupts are queued until a complete
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- moderation interval ends. If such a moderation interval ends, all
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- queued interrupts are processed in one big bunch without any delay.
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- The term 'static' reflects the fact, that interrupt moderation is
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- always enabled, regardless how much network load is currently
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- passing via a particular interface. In addition, the duration of
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- the moderation interval has a fixed length that never changes while
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- the driver is operational.
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-
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- -- Dynamic - Interrupt moderation might be applied on the adapter card,
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- depending on the load of the system. If the driver detects that the
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- system load is too high, the driver tries to shield the system against
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- too much network load by enabling interrupt moderation. If - at a later
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- time - the CPU utilization decreases again (or if the network load is
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- negligible) the interrupt moderation will automatically be disabled.
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-Interrupt moderation should be used when the driver has to handle one or more
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-interfaces with a high network load, which - as a consequence - leads also to a
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-high CPU utilization. When moderation is applied in such high network load
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-situations, CPU load might be reduced by 20-30%.
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-
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-NOTE: The drawback of using interrupt moderation is an increase of the round-
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-trip-time (RTT), due to the queueing and serving of interrupts at dedicated
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-moderation times.
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-Interrupts per second
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-Parameter: IntsPerSec
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-Values: 30...40000 (interrupts per second)
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-Default: 2000
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-This parameter is only used if either static or dynamic interrupt moderation
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-is used on a network adapter card. Using this parameter if no moderation is
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-applied will lead to no action performed.
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-
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-This parameter determines the length of any interrupt moderation interval.
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-Assuming that static interrupt moderation is to be used, an 'IntsPerSec'
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-parameter value of 2000 will lead to an interrupt moderation interval of
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-500 microseconds.
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-
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-NOTE: The duration of the moderation interval is to be chosen with care.
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-At first glance, selecting a very long duration (e.g. only 100 interrupts per
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-second) seems to be meaningful, but the increase of packet-processing delay
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-is tremendous. On the other hand, selecting a very short moderation time might
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-compensate the use of any moderation being applied.
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-Preferred Port
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-Parameter: PrefPort
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-Values: A, B
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-Default: A
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-This is used to force the preferred port to A or B (on dual-port network
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-adapters). The preferred port is the one that is used if both are detected
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-as fully functional.
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-RLMT Mode (Redundant Link Management Technology)
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-Parameter: RlmtMode
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-Values: CheckLinkState,CheckLocalPort, CheckSeg, DualNet
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-Default: CheckLinkState
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-
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-RLMT monitors the status of the port. If the link of the active port
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-fails, RLMT switches immediately to the standby link. The virtual link is
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-maintained as long as at least one 'physical' link is up.
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-
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-Possible modes:
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- -- CheckLinkState - Check link state only: RLMT uses the link state
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- reported by the adapter hardware for each individual port to
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- determine whether a port can be used for all network traffic or
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- not.
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-
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- -- CheckLocalPort - In this mode, RLMT monitors the network path
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- between the two ports of an adapter by regularly exchanging packets
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- between them. This mode requires a network configuration in which
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- the two ports are able to "see" each other (i.e. there must not be
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- any router between the ports).
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-
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- -- CheckSeg - Check local port and segmentation: This mode supports the
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- same functions as the CheckLocalPort mode and additionally checks
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- network segmentation between the ports. Therefore, this mode is only
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- to be used if Gigabit Ethernet switches are installed on the network
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- that have been configured to use the Spanning Tree protocol.
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-
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- -- DualNet - In this mode, ports A and B are used as separate devices.
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- If you have a dual port adapter, port A will be configured as eth0
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- and port B as eth1. Both ports can be used independently with
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- distinct IP addresses. The preferred port setting is not used.
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- RLMT is turned off.
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-
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-NOTE: RLMT modes CLP and CLPSS are designed to operate in configurations
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- where a network path between the ports on one adapter exists.
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- Moreover, they are not designed to work where adapters are connected
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- back-to-back.
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-***
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-
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-
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-5 Large Frame Support
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-======================
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-
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-The driver supports large frames (also called jumbo frames). Using large
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-frames can result in an improved throughput if transferring large amounts
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-of data.
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-To enable large frames, set the MTU (maximum transfer unit) of the
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-interface to the desired value (up to 9000), execute the following
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-command:
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- ifconfig eth0 mtu 9000
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-This will only work if you have two adapters connected back-to-back
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-or if you use a switch that supports large frames. When using a switch,
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-it should be configured to allow large frames and auto-negotiation should
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-be set to OFF. The setting must be configured on all adapters that can be
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-reached by the large frames. If one adapter is not set to receive large
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-frames, it will simply drop them.
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-
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-You can switch back to the standard ethernet frame size by executing the
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-following command:
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- ifconfig eth0 mtu 1500
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-
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-To permanently configure this setting, add a script with the 'ifconfig'
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-line to the system startup sequence (named something like "S99sk98lin"
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-in /etc/rc.d/rc2.d).
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-***
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-
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-
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-6 VLAN and Link Aggregation Support (IEEE 802.1, 802.1q, 802.3ad)
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-==================================================================
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-
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-The Marvell Yukon/SysKonnect Linux drivers are able to support VLAN and
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-Link Aggregation according to IEEE standards 802.1, 802.1q, and 802.3ad.
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-These features are only available after installation of open source
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-modules available on the Internet:
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-For VLAN go to: http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html
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-For Link Aggregation go to: http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~yumo
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-
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-NOTE: SysKonnect GmbH does not offer any support for these open source
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- modules and does not take the responsibility for any kind of
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- failures or problems arising in connection with these modules.
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-
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-NOTE: Configuring Link Aggregation on a SysKonnect dual link adapter may
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- cause problems when unloading the driver.
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-
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-
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-7 Troubleshooting
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-==================
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-
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-If any problems occur during the installation process, check the
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-following list:
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-
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-
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-Problem: The SK-98xx adapter cannot be found by the driver.
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-Solution: In /proc/pci search for the following entry:
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- 'Ethernet controller: SysKonnect SK-98xx ...'
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- If this entry exists, the SK-98xx or SK-98xx V2.0 adapter has
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- been found by the system and should be operational.
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- If this entry does not exist or if the file '/proc/pci' is not
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- found, there may be a hardware problem or the PCI support may
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- not be enabled in your kernel.
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- The adapter can be checked using the diagnostics program which
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- is available on the SysKonnect web site:
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- www.syskonnect.com
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-
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- Some COMPAQ machines have problems dealing with PCI under Linux.
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- This problem is described in the 'PCI howto' document
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- (included in some distributions or available from the
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- web, e.g. at 'www.linux.org').
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-
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-
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-Problem: Programs such as 'ifconfig' or 'route' cannot be found or the
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- error message 'Operation not permitted' is displayed.
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-Reason: You are not logged in as user 'root'.
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-Solution: Logout and login as 'root' or change to 'root' via 'su'.
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-
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-
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-Problem: Upon use of the command 'ping <address>' the message
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- "ping: sendto: Network is unreachable" is displayed.
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-Reason: Your route is not set correctly.
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-Solution: If you are using RedHat, you probably forgot to set up the
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- route in the 'network configuration'.
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- Check the existing routes with the 'route' command and check
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- if an entry for 'eth0' exists, and if so, if it is set correctly.
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-
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-
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-Problem: The driver can be started, the adapter is connected to the
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- network, but you cannot receive or transmit any packets;
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- e.g. 'ping' does not work.
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-Reason: There is an incorrect route in your routing table.
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-Solution: Check the routing table with the command 'route' and read the
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- manual help pages dealing with routes (enter 'man route').
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-
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-NOTE: Although the 2.2.x kernel versions generate the routing entry
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- automatically, problems of this kind may occur here as well. We've
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- come across a situation in which the driver started correctly at
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- system start, but after the driver has been removed and reloaded,
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- the route of the adapter's network pointed to the 'dummy0'device
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- and had to be corrected manually.
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-
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-
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-Problem: Your computer should act as a router between multiple
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- IP subnetworks (using multiple adapters), but computers in
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- other subnetworks cannot be reached.
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-Reason: Either the router's kernel is not configured for IP forwarding
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- or the routing table and gateway configuration of at least one
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- computer is not working.
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-
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-Problem: Upon driver start, the following error message is displayed:
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- "eth0: -- ERROR --
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- Class: internal Software error
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- Nr: 0xcc
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- Msg: SkGeInitPort() cannot init running ports"
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-Reason: You are using a driver compiled for single processor machines
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- on a multiprocessor machine with SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessor)
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- kernel.
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-Solution: Configure your kernel appropriately and recompile the kernel or
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- the modules.
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-
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-
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-
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-If your problem is not listed here, please contact SysKonnect's technical
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-support for help (linux@syskonnect.de).
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-When contacting our technical support, please ensure that the following
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-information is available:
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-- System Manufacturer and HW Informations (CPU, Memory... )
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|
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-- PCI-Boards in your system
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-- Distribution
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-- Kernel version
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|
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-- Driver version
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-***
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-
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-
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-
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-***End of Readme File***
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