Marvell Yukon (Sky2)

This applies to all Marvell Yukon2 Gigabit network adapters.

Kernel Setup
Configure your kernel to have these options enabled:

Compile and install your kernel.

Software Setup
Follow the Gentoo Network Configuration section of the Handbook.

Slow transfer rates
If the sky2 module is working, but with intolerably poor transfer rates then try disabling the following in your kernel:

Kernel crash or "Bad Packets" errors
Append noapic to the kernel line of your boot manger config. For example, in grub, you could write:

Links

 * Drivers for linux directly from Marvell