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sylvain77

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Registered: 2007-09-25

Posts: 20

Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

I need to install the following wired NIC:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Agere Systems|ET-131x PCI-E Ethernet Controller (unknown)

It seems that the "et131x" kernel module is necessary.

The web site bellow gives instructions on how to install the driver from sources:
http://dadams1969.googlepages.com/et131xkernelmodule
Unfortunatly I am unable to do it.

I have also tried to install the module compiled by a member at the following address:
http://www.archlinux.org/~tom/packages/

The module seems to be installed properly. A new folder is created in /lib/modules/
However, I am unable to load it.

# modprobe et131x.ko
FATAL: Module et131x.ko not found

#insmod et131x.ko
insmod: error inserting 'et131x.ko': -1 Invalid module format

Am I doing something wrong?

NB:
The module has been compiled for the 2.6.20 kernel and I am using 2.6.22 (i686)...

Last edited by sylvain77 (2007-09-26 08:23:48)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

Heh... I had competely forgotten that I had done that, so now I feel morally obliged to help you.

I just tried a rebuild against 2.6.22 and it failed, but after a little digging around, I found a patch, and now it builds. I can't tell you if it works or not, as I don't have the hardware.

Get the new package in the same place as before, and let me know how it goes.

It's worth noting that this code is 6 months old at this stage, and the project doesn't seem to be very active. There's one 4-mail thread about it on lkml.org, with no indication that this will ever be merged to mainline.

sylvain77

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Registered: 2007-09-25

Posts: 20

Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

Thank you very much.

The package has been successfully installed.
However, I still have a problem:

#depmod -a
#modprobe et131x
FATAL: Error inserting et131x (/lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/Kernel/drivers/net/et131x.ko): Invalid module format

Is there an additional step to follow before to attempt to load the module?

Last edited by sylvain77 (2007-09-27 08:09:50)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

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Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

As mentioned, I can't test this. I found the patch in the et131x forum on SF - it's not from the project itself, but from another user with similar problems. I'd suggest you go there and see if you can get more answers.

sylvain77

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Registered: 2007-09-25

Posts: 20

Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

Thank you for your help.
I am going to take a look at the SF forum.

Last edited by sylvain77 (2007-09-27 14:23:54)

kastor

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From: Mendoza - Argentina

Registered: 2006-06-18

Posts: 59

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Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

when i load the module i got ksoftirqd/0 or ksoftirqd/1 consuming 20% CPU..  anyone got the same issue ?

sylvain77

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Registered: 2007-09-25

Posts: 20

Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

At least you can load it.
I still have the same error when I try to insert the driver.

Did you have to rebuild the module in order to load it?

Last edited by sylvain77 (2007-09-28 05:07:50)

kastor

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From: Mendoza - Argentina

Registered: 2006-06-18

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Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

i installed tomk's package.. ..and works..  (but with the load issue).. what version of kernel26 do you run?

kastor

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From: Mendoza - Argentina

Registered: 2006-06-18

Posts: 59

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Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

anyone knows some patch for 2.6.23?

heinep

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From: Aalborg, Denmark

Registered: 2007-11-07

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Re: Agere Ethernet Controller (ET-131x) - unable to install the driver

For the 2.6.23 kernel, please take a look at this thread:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=38984