Hi there, this is a repackaged and patched driver for Marvell Yukon Chips, such as can be found on modern mainboards like Asus A8V Deluxe or some Gigabyte boards. This driver works for me or Veit. Hope it runs on your mainboard, too. The supported chips are: Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet controller (Copper) The original archive with the unpatched driver can be found here: http://www.syskonnect.de Files in this archive are: sk98nd.html Description of the installation procedure from SysKonnect sk98nd.nif Nic Interface configuration description sk98nd.os2 The driver itself sk98nd.pat The patch supplied with this driver sk98nd.txt This file usenet.txt Discussion on news.ecomstation.nl/hardware How to use it: If you have a running system, simply copy the files sk98nd.nif and sk98nd.os2 to \IBMCOM\MACS. Then invoke Multiprotocol Transport Services to configure. If you want a fresh install use the information in sk98nd.html. Good luck, Frank Ambacher (anakor@snafu.de) Veit Kannegieser (veit.kannegieser@spamfence.net) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The original sk98nd.txt: (C)Copyright 2004 Marvell(R). All rights reserved. =========================================================================== sk98nd.txt created 29-Oct-2004 Readme File for sk98nd.os2 v7.00 NDIS driver for OS/2 supporting the SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter This file contains 1 Overview 2 Required Files 3 Installation 4 Parameters 4.1 PCI bus number 4.2 PCI device number 4.3 Network adapter address 4.4 Number of receive buffers 4.5 Maximum number of queued transmits 4.6 Connection type =========================================================================== 1 Overview =========== The sk98nd.os2 network device driver implements an NDIS 2.0.1 MAC driver for OS/2 3.0 and higher. The driver supports up to ten instances of the SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter. It requires FixPack15 or higher. *** 2 Required Files ================= SK98ND.OS2 the driver SK98ND.NIF installation network information file FixPack 15 must be installed before installing the driver. *** 3 Installation =============== Read the installation instructions in the adapter manual carefully. Follow these instructions to install the adapter in your computer. When the hardware installation is completed, start your system. For the installation and configuration of the sk98nd.os2 driver, use either the Multi Protocol Transport Services (MPTS) on OS/2 4.0 or use the LAN Adapter and Protocol Support (LAPS) on OS/2 3.0, respectively. Follow these steps to install the SK98ND.OS2 driver: 1. Start the MPTS or LAPS configuration program. 2. Click "Install". 3. Enter the source path to the SK98ND.NIF network information file. 4. Click "OK" to copy the sk98nd.os2 driver to your system. 5. In the main menu of MPTS or LAPS click "Configure". 6. Select "Configure LAN adapters and protocols" in MPTS (OS/2 4.0), or select "Configure LAN transports" in LAPS (OS/2 3.0). 7. Click "Configure". 8. In the "Network Adapters" list box of the "Adapter and Protocol Configuration" window, select the "SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter". 9. Click "Add" to add a new sk98nd.os2 driver instance to your current configuration. 10. From the "Protocols" list box, select your desired protocol. 11. Click "Add" to add the protocol to your current configuration and bind it to the adapter. 12. Repeat steps 10. and 11. for all protocols you want to use with the adapter. 13. Repeat steps 8. through 12. for each adapter installed in your system. 14. Click "OK" to save the current configuration. 15. Click "Close"/"Exit" to finalize your network configuration. 16. Restart your system for the new configuration to become effective. *** 4 Parameters ============= Specifying or changing driver parameters should be done by using the installation and configuration utility MPTS or LAPS. These tools will change the PROTOCOL.INI file (needed at system startup) and/or the CONFIG.SYS file. Do not modify the PROTOCOL.INI file with an editor as you may otherwise experience configuration errors at boot time. Follow these steps to configure driver parameters: 1. Start the MPTS or LAPS configuration program. 2. Click "Configure". 3. Select "Configure LAN adapters and protocols" in MPTS (OS/2 4.0), or select "Configure LAN transports" in LAPS (OS/2 3.0). 4. Click "Configure". 5. In the "Current Configuration" list box, select the "SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter". 6. Click "Edit". 7. Edit one or more individual parameters. See the detailed description for each parameter below. NOTE: You can get the valid range or valid values for each parameter by selecting the parameter and choosing the option. To get the online help for a parameter, select it and press the key. 8. Click "OK" to accept the parameter settings. *** 4.1 PCI bus number ------------------- Name = BusNum Type = Decimal Range = 0 - 255 Optional = Yes This parameter lets you specify the PCI bus number in which the SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter resides. This parameter is not specified by default, which lets the driver automatically find the next unused device. You will usually not want to specify this parameter unless you have more than one SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter installed in your system and you want to specify which particular device shall be used. Note that you must also specify the PCI device number parameter when you specify the PCI bus number parameter. *** 4.2 PCI device number ---------------------- Name = DevNum Type = Decimal Range = 0 - 31 Optional = Yes This parameter lets you specify the PCI device number on the PCI bus in which the SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter resides. This parameter is not specified by default, which lets the driver automatically find the next unused device. You will usually not want to specify this parameter unless you have more than one SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter installed in your system and you want to specify which particular device shall be used. Note that you must also specify the PCI bus number parameter when you specify the PCI device number parameter. *** 4.3 Network adapter address ---------------------------- Name = NetAddress Type = HexString Optional = Yes This parameter overrides the network address of the SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter. The value of this parameter is a string of 12 hexadecimal digits. The address must be unique among all other network adapter addresses on the network. Note that the second digit of the network address must be an even number (i.e. 0, 2, ... C, E). *** 4.4 Number of receive buffers ------------------------------ Name = MaxReceives Type = Decimal Default = 30 Range = 3 - 40 Optional = Yes This parameter specifies the number of receive buffers. The network adapter driver allocates approximately 1.5 kilobytes for each receive buffer. The value of this parameter should be high enough to accommodate the sum of all Number of Receive Buffers parameter values for all protocol drivers using the SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter concurrently. *** 4.5 Maximum number of queued transmits --------------------------------------- Name = MaxTransmits Type = Decimal Default = 30 Range = 1 - 50 Optional = Yes This parameter specifies the maximum number of transmit queue entries. The network adapter driver allocates approximately 80 bytes for each transmit queue entry. The value of this parameter should be high enough to accommodate the sum of all Maximum Number of Queued Transmits parameter values for all protocol drivers using the SysKonnect SK-9E21D and SK-9521 v2.0 Adapter concurrently. *** 4.6 Connection type -------------------- Name = ConType Type = String Default = AUTO Set = AUTO, 100FD, 100HD, 10FD, 10HD Optional = Yes This parameter can be used to force link speed (10/100 Mbps) and duplex mode (full=FD vs. half=HD). Available values are AUTO, 100FD, 100HD, 10FD, 10HD. Using other values than AUTO turns off auto-negotiation and is not recommended. *** *** End of Readme File ***