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LinuxPCI-E.txt Driver File Contents (8053_other.zip)

(C)Copyright 2004 SysKonnect GmbH.
All rights reserved
Written by Mirko Lindner (mlindner@syskonnect.de)
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LinuxPCI-E.txt created 30-Jan-2004

This file contains
(1) OVERVIEW
(2) PCI-Express SUPPORT IN THE KERNEL
(3) INSTALLING THE PATCH
(4) INSTALLING FROM THE INSTALL PACKAGE

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(1) OVERVIEW
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This guide describes the basics the installation of the sk98lin driver, 
and how to enable the card to use PCI-Express (PCI-E).


(2) PCI-E SUPPORT IN THE KERNEL

To include PCI-E support into the kernel requires no patches.
On some Systems the kernel has some problems to finding the
Interrups for the PCI-E card and the link comes not up.
In this case disable the local APIC CPU. Users should verify their 
system whether it runs when CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=n. In SMP 
environment, CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC is automatically set; however, 
in UP environment, users must manually unselect CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC.


(3) INSTALLING THE PATCH

The driver can either be integrated into the kernel or 
be compiled as a module. Patch the kernel with the sk98lin patch.
To compile the driver, go to the directory /usr/src/linux and execute
the command "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" and select 
"Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx family support". 
Build a new kernel when the configuration of the above options is 
finished.


(4) INSTALLING FROM THE INSTALL PACKAGE

The sk98lin driver installation script supports the Marvell Yukon2
chipset based product. It has been tested with Linux on Intel/x86 
machines. This script will automatically compile and load the 
sk98lin driver on your host system. Before performing both 
compilation and loading, it is necessary to shutdown any device 
using the sk98lin kernel module and to unload the 
old sk98lin kernel module. This script will do this automatically 
per default. If you want to shutdown and unload the old 
sk98lin kernel module manually, run the script in the EXPERT mode.

Please plug a card into your machine. Without a card the installer 
isn't able to check the full driver functionality. Be sure to use 
the same kernel source and kernel version. For instance, it might be,
that you run kernel version 2.4.20, but the header files the kernel 
module will be compiled with refer to kernel version 2.4.21. If you 
don't have the same kernel version, please install the sources 
and compile a new kernel. It's not possible to mix different 
kernel versions!