Working - D-Link Yukon 88E8052 DGE 560T PCIe Gig Ethernet

[Signal64]

The DLink DGE560T is a low profile PCIe Gig Ethernet card that comes with both full size and low profile brackets.

 

It uses a Marvell Yukon 88E8052 chip and it works with the original Apple vanilla 10.5.5 Yukon kext with a minor tweak.

 

While this card uses a Marvel 88E8052 chip D-Link used their own Dev ID for it.

We will add both ID's for convenience while we are at it.

 

The Info.plist is located in:

/System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleYukon2.kext/Contents

 

Add the following (above the 88E8053 section if you don't know where).

 

				<key>Yukon-88E8052</key>
							 <dict>
									 <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
									 <string>com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2</string>
									 <key>EnableLowPwr</key>
									 <integer>1</integer>
									 <key>IOClass</key>
									 <string>yukon2osx</string>
									 <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
									 <string>0x4b001186 0x436011AB</string>
									 <key>IOProviderClass</key>
									 <string>IOPCIDevice</string>
									 <key>MACNumber</key>
									 <integer>1</integer>
									 <key>Model</key>
									 <string>Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8052 Singleport Copper SA</string>
									 <key>NetworkNumber</key>
									 <integer>1</integer>
									 <key>Vendor</key>
									 <string>Marvell</string>
							 </dict>

 

Nothing special there. A copy of the 88E8053 section with the description and IOPCIPrimaryMatch changed.

Note both ID's are there.

 

After making the change, use your favorite method of making sure permissions and kext cache are upated and reboot.

 

Important: Make sure you do reboot after updating the Info.plist !!

I edited the file as root and it picked up the adapter right away however it wasn't fully working until the reboot.

 

Use Preferences -> Network to enable the adapter after the reboot.

 

Oh, setting Jumbo Frames/mtu > 1500 works (unlike some others) if your interested in that feature.

[dreadlocks]

Sorry to dig this up, but was VLAN and Bonding supported?

 

If you dont know could you type the following into a terminal and tell me if the interface is listed:

networksetup -listdevicesthatsupportVLAN

 

I need VLAN support something fierce, and this NIC would be the most cost effective at achieving that presuming it works.

Thanks,

-R

[MickMPS]

Does it work in 10.7?