Yukon NIC Fail after 10.5.5 update

[a-secret]

Hi all,

Can anyone help me out please, First time here (pls go easy :-o).

 

I applied Apple Combo Update 10.5.5 to my working Kalyway 10.5.2 build, used Mysticus C* pre/post update method, since then no Ethernet working.

 

Have surfed around forums and tried restoring the backup 'IONetworkingFamily.kext', reset priv settings with 'permissions.command' script tool, FAILED, and again with 'Kext Helper b7' tool... STILL FAIL.

Priv ARE now set:

system R W

wheel R O

everyone R O

The NIC link light goes out while booting (white screen, apple logo), MACOS thinks it's "unplugged".

 

Have rolled back to clean 10.5.2 (ghost image) about 4 times and retried selecting Yukon drivers, or by "just restore my settings" as per Mysticus C* instructions, same results... NO NIC LINK :-(

Cheers for anything you can offer,

 

 

ASUS P5W DH Deluxe (Intel 975X chipset)

Intel P4 660 3.6GHz

Saphire Radeon X1950XTX

4Gb DDR2-800

[a-secret]

Update:

just found entries from KillerZ & DiaboliK re editing info.plist....

 

My NIC is a 88E8053, vendor = 11ab, Device = 4362

 

My info.plist already has entry for this, and 4 other NICs (8E8053, 55, 55-B0, 61 & 62)

 

this fix does not seem relevant

 

Any ideas?

[a-secret]

Just tried:

IOPCIPrimaryMatch 0x436211ab

IOPCISecondaryMatch 0x814211ab, then 0x81421043, then deleted 'SecondaryMatch' lines completely.

 

sudo rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

sudo diskutil repairpermissions /

Rebooted > F8 > -x -v > reboot again.

********** at one point had NIC lights working, but still not detected by MACOS and no activity************

 

 

Then tried:

IOPCIPrimaryMatch 0x436211ab

IOPCISecondaryMatch 0x814211ab

 

chmod -R 755 /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext

chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext

rm /System/Library/Extensions.mkext

kextcache -k /System/Library/Extensions

********** lost NIC lights, not detected by MACOS and no activity************

 

Can anyone pls suggest what can try next!!

[MadGhost]

Hello

 

I have a kext for Marvell Yukon 88E8056 but I've adapted to 88E8053 you can test it.

 

You can see below and extract of AppleYukon2(@ /IONetworking/contents/Plugins/)

 

<key>Yukon-88E8053</key>
	<dict>
		<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
		<string>com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2</string>
		<key>DescriptorPollTimer</key>
		<integer>250</integer>
		<key>EED_Tickle_Off</key>
		<integer>60000</integer>
		<key>EED_Tickle_On</key>
		<integer>2000</integer>
		<key>EnableLowPwr</key>
		<integer>1</integer>
		<key>IOClass</key>
		<string>yukon2osx</string>
		<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>
		<string>0x436211ab</string>
		<key>IOProviderClass</key>
		<string>IOPCIDevice</string>
		<key>IOUserClientClass</key>
		<string>yukonosx_ioc_uc</string>
		<key>MACNumber</key>
		<integer>1</integer>										 <key>InitialWaitForLinkUp</key>
		<integer>60000</integer>
		<key>InputQueueMax</key>
		<integer>100</integer>
		<key>LowPwrClockDivide</key>
		<true/>
		<key>LowPwrD1</key>
		<true/>
		<key>LowPwrPeerMax</key>
		<integer>240</integer>
		<key>LowPwrPeerMin</key>
		<integer>60</integer>
		<key>Model</key>
		<string>Yukon Gigabit Adapter 88E8053</string>
		<key>NetworkNumber</key>
		<integer>1</integer>
		<key>RxRingSize</key>
		<integer>256</integer>
		<key>TxRingSize</key>
		<integer>256</integer>
		<key>Vendor</key>
		<string>Marvell</string>
		<key>WaitForLinkUp</key>
		<integer>6000</integer>
		<key>WaitToCheckDelay</key>
		<integer>5000</integer>
	</dict>

 

Hope it can help good luck

[a-secret]

Hey dude, sorry so long getting back to this got called away with work.

 

Thanks for the kext , sadly, didn't work for me though :-(

 

Just as my original 'working' kext (I backedup before the combo update) no longer works either. Starting to think I must have another issue here, not just IONetworkingFamily.kext.....

 

Symptoms are still the same, link lights go out during bootup, just before I hear the sound kickin.

Thanks again anyway mate...

[UnaClocker]

It's not just you. I had a helluva time with my Yukon nic after the 10.5.5 update. I eventually said screw it and tossed in a spare PCI nic I had laying around, some Intel based card that happens to work with the Tulip drivers that were ported to OSX from Linux.

[a-secret]

Alright, given up. Just through in a Realtek PCI.... what a copout. Feels DIRTY!

 

Thanks for the feedback gents, over and out.

[Sysyphus]

a-secret,

 

There are a one or three threads that may help (alot of reading though!):

 

Marvell Yukon 88E8053

Marvell Yukon 8001 - the driver

Asus P5W DH Deluxe thread for 10.5.x

 

[mcsmart]

Very important: do your cards still work under Linux or Windoze?

 

I figured out that after I updated to 10.5.5 my card would not work using ANY OS with ANY driver. My 88E8053 isn't even being shown under lspci in Linux any more. This is why I think that the new kext did something with the card's EEPROM.

 

I already posted a warning here.

 

 

-mcsmart

[UnaClocker]

Mine still works in OSX, it just drops connection any time I use bit torrent, or just generally start using a lot of bandwidth. Finally got tired of having to reboot.. But then, mine is a 88E8056, not 88E8053.. Either way, they don't seem to be worth the hassle.

[a-secret]

My 88E8053 is still all good in doze/opensuse/fedora.... just not in leo

[mcsmart]

Thanks for testing other OSs! Then it is probably not Apple's fault that my card passed away. It was only 15$ - I guess I can live with that...

 

- mcsmart