[Almost solved] Trouble with Intel Pro/1000 PT GbE Card

[Martin255]

Edit : Almost there after using the 'standard procedure' :

 

- Installed the SmallTree driver.

- Added the correct vendor / product ID (0x10b98086) to /System/Library/Extensions/SmallTreeIntel8254x.kext

- Manually loaded the driver (sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/SmallTreeIntel8254x.kext)

- Manually added a new Ethernet connection in System Preferences/Network

- Manually configured IP address and subnet mask.

 

After this, Ethernet 2 is shown as connected. But if I close the Network properties, it disappears instantly, and the kext is unloaded.

 

Now, how can I get the driver to load automatically ? And how do I keep it loaded ?

 

Here is the rest of my config, if it's any help.

 

OS X : Kalyway 10.5.1 + 10.5.2 update

Proc : E6750 @ stock speed

Motherboard : GA-P35-DS3P (fully working thanks to pcwiz guide)

RAM : 4 x 1gb of G.Skill PC6400 HK (no problems)

Graphics card : 8800 GT (fully working)

HDD : 36gb Raptor (Win XP is on another disk)

BD/DVD : GGW-H20L (working, though I haven't tried burning a Blu-Ray yet)

 

Hi all,

 

 

(Sorry if my English is a little clumsy, I'm French)

 

Thanks to several great guides and posts from this forum, I managed to get Kalyway 10.5.2 on my machine (video, sound, etc. all basically work). Now that the install is functionnal, I am trying to get the last remaining pieces of hardware to work. The problem at hand is an Intel PRO/1000 PT NIC. I thought this one would be easy, as a third-party vendor is supposed to provide a Mac OS driver.

 

I installed it and rebooted, but the card wasn't recognized. Reading the documentation that came with the driver, I learned that the driver will only recognize Small Tree branded hardware, which is not the case of my card. Now, I am pretty sure it's not that hard to modify the driver to recognize my card, but I am quite new to OSx86 and don't know where to start. I found this post that might be related to the problem though frankly I don't understand half of it.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[iMaik]

I'm trying to get caught up with where you are. I've installed the SmallTree driver and my device ID was actually already in there (107c), but it doesn't seem to be working like yours is. When I kextload it it says that it's loaded successfully and running a kextstat immediately after confirms that. Console gives me some interesting messages though:

 

kextd[10]: a different version of dependency extension /System/Library/Extensions/System.kext/PlugIns/Mach.kext is already loaded

kernel[0]: probe mapDeviceMemoryWithRegister failed

 

Then 30 seconds later I get " last message repeated 1 time" and when I try to kextstat again the driver is no longer present. I'd like to at least be able to get as far as you have. Any thoughts?