Hi Eliyahu, On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 04:11:57PM +0200, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: > 2012/12/26 Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il>: > > Hi Eliyahu, > > > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 03:45:27PM +0200, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: > >> Generally the linux drivers cover an equally large if not larger > >> spectrum... > > > > Of course. But there is no guarantee that the covered range exactly overlaps > > the Windows driver one. > > > >> I have an Atheros chip from that family on my laptop, it required me > >> to install one more package for wired communication (wireless > >> [different chip, also atheros] worked out of the box): > >> > >> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8162 Fast > >> Ethernet (rev 10) > > > > Fast Ethernet is most likely 10/100, not GbE (10/100/1000). > Correct, I now also notice that the official specs on this laptop say > it's just 10/100, however that does not change the fact that according > to atheros it falls in the same family of chips.... > http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog/search/?csrfmiddlewaretoken=9ec89be3308015f25587de8fd4cd11ff&query=atheros > > > > What is the output of 'lspci -n'? > 1969:1090 > > > >> The weird thing was that the driver detection program didn't realize > >> this... > >> > >> Either way the package that provides the 'alx' driver on Ubuntu 12.10 is: > >> linux-backports-modules-cw-3.6-quantal-generic > > > > Are you sure it is not 'atlx'? > my modprobe history don't lie ;) neither does lspci -v
You are right. This driver has not found its way to the mainline kernel yet. Its "homepage" is at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx, and although it has been posted for mainline inclusion back in August (https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1376841/) the authors have not followed up. It is somewhat strange that this driver has found a (temporary) home in the compat-wireless package (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/8/409), which is where you installed it from. Maybe it is so because the compat-wireless maintainer, Luis R. Rodriguez, is an Atheros/Qualcomm employee. baruch > >> 2012/12/26 Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il>: > >> > Hi Amichai, > >> > > >> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 02:57:23PM +0200, Amichai Rotman wrote: > >> >> Download the Windows drivers from the MpBo site, extract the files, > >> >> look up > >> >> the relevant strings in the .inf files and Google it for Kubuntu > >> >> compatibility.... > >> > > >> > I tried that. The trouble is that the Windows driver (according to its > >> > file > >> > name: "mb_driver_lan_atheros_813x_815x_816x.exe") covers a wide range of > >> > NIC > >> > chips. This is not a driver tailored specifically for this board. So the > >> > list > >> > of PCI IDs in the driver's .inf file is not a indication for what is > >> > actually > >> > installed on the board. > >> > > >> > baruch > >> > > >> >> How about starting a Linux-IL maintained HW DB - every member runs lshw > >> >> on > >> >> their machine and uploads it to a site with the Distro their running... > >> >> > >> >> Amichai Rotman > >> >> Penguin - FLOSS Computer Service and Technical Consulting > >> >> +972-73-7962360 || +972-54-4605787 > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Hi Dotan, > >> >> > > >> >> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:29:31PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote: > >> >> > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Baruch Siach <bar...@tkos.co.il> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> > > > You'll need to access a running > >> >> > > > machine to extract the PCI ID information, though, since > >> >> > > > Gigabyte's > >> >> > manual is > >> >> > > > not very helpful. > >> >> > > > >> >> > > Is that the chicken, or the egg? > >> >> > > > >> >> > > In other words, if I did have access to a running system, I would > >> >> > > already know if it works or not! > >> >> > > >> >> > This board surely runs Windows. You can extract the PCI ID from its > >> >> > "Device > >> >> > Manager", or whatever it's called there. > >> >> > > >> >> > Also, some BIOSes list PCI devices with IDs in the initial screen. > >> >> > > >> >> > baruch > >> > > >> > -- > >> > http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open > >> > Systems > >> > =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= > >> > - bar...@tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Linux-il mailing list > >> > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > >> > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > -- > > http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems > > =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= > > - bar...@tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - -- http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - bar...@tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
