Bug#405196: Problem installing etch with debian installer and Marvell 88E8001 network hardware.

[Geert-Jan Hut <Geert.Jan.Hut@hutsoftware.nl>]

On Monday 01 January 2007 21:57, Geert Stappers wrote:
>
> Please provide the output of
>
>   lspci -s 04:04.0 -vnn

My version of lspci doesn't provide much descriptive text with the -n option, 
so I included both options, with and without the -n option (and more debug 
info with -vv) . 

geertjan@testserver:~$ lspci -s 04:04.0
04:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
geertjan@testserver:~$ lspci -s 04:04.0  -vv
04:04.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Asus)
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64 (5750ns min, 7750ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 217
        Region 0: Memory at ff7f8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Region 1: I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

geertjan@testserver:~$ lspci -s 04:04.0  -vvn
04:04.0 0200: 11ab:4320 (rev 14)
        Subsystem: 1043:811a
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64 (5750ns min, 7750ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 217
        Region 0: Memory at ff7f8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Region 1: I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

>
> > Comments/Problems:
> >
> > This system is a newly built system, on which I tried to install Etch.
> > Everything went ok, up until the moment that I needed to select the
> > network card. There were two selections, one for the correct network card
> > (Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller) and
> > one for a generic network selection, something like 'Ethernet or Fast
> > Ethernet'. I tried both, but neither of the two worked, Which left me
> > with a system without networking connectivity.
>
> The "generic one" is your firewire controller.

Can that be used for ethernet networking? 

>
> > I also tried the Etch RC1 version, with the same behavior.
>
> Okay fine.
>
> It only takes GPL support for the Marvell 88E8001 network hardware,
> but I have no idea how your hardware vendor thinks about it.

My guess is as good as yours, I think. You can download a driver package from 
their website, however their license is clearly not open source compatible. 

>
> > Regards, Geert-Jan Hut.
>
> Cheers
> Geert Stappers

Thanks, Geert-Jan.