This is a modified SKY2 archive, no change to the driver. I would love to get a newer version of the sky2 driver once driver compilation has been perfected but for now this managed to get my ASUS P5BV-C/4L online. I will use this thread for if and when I compile a more recent sky2 driver too.


Limited testing so far but appears to work. Installation and configuration, no actual VM tests but I will try to keep this updated.

Understand all I have done is added the PCI-IDs and map entries for my nic.

To use this simply unzip using 7zip and replace the NET-SKY2.V00 in your install media with the one from the archive I uploaded. I know it's redundant to zip it but v00 extensions are not allowed.

Tested it out, including all but maxing all 4 NICs on the box, and having several VMs both input and outputting to the network at the same time.

Seems no problems.

Anyone else used this at all?

I have a P5Q PRO and I guess it's not going to work with that ?

Depends does it normally use the sky2 driver on linux? What's the PCI-IDs?

i have ans USB flash with VMware ESXi 5 and if i replace the NET-SKY.V00 on installation media, the installation failed. So i try to install the custom VMware ESXi 5 Media on VMware Workstation but it failed again with the same message. The message shows "the system has found a problem on your Machine and cannot continue. Could not populate the filesystem: Boot Image is corrupted.

Anyone has a idea?
Or can someone explain me how he got it to run?

Thanks.

Download the iso file again

Hi,

I'm using the D-Link DGE-550T, which is also using a Marvell chip.
On http://wiki.debian.org/sky2, my card is also listed but isn't working.
The module doesn't get bond with my nic, even though it's listed in lspci as vmnic1(!)

This is what I did:
I edited the .map file and inserted this line:
regtype=linux,bus=pci,id=1186:4b03 0000:0000,driver=sky2,class=network
4b03 = device id, as listed on the website above

After a reboot, it still wasn't listed as vmnic1, but I noticed my card was handled as it had 4000 as device id. So I edited the file again, rebooted, et voila

However, the sky2 driver doesn't really seam to pick up the card...
Suggestions?

I don't think I can help on this if you are still having issues as I used PowerISO(I think) and just put it into the ISO. This is even if I remember correctly. I only had to make it for one machine.

It seems like I remember having issues with this though when I used MagicISO to try and insert the new file into the ISO.

Tried using viewtopic.php?f=24&t=3272 ?

i hope someone can helps me,
i am still straggling getting this Marvel card working on my old server!
tried al ways no vail,

thank you