stephanst Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hi, I've a HP ProBook 6460b with DSDT loaded and Chimera v1.4.1 r887. For network I've just installed the newest kext (1.3.17). Can you help me (maybe via pn) to figure out what goes wrong? Thank you Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1744492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hi, I've a HP ProBook 6460b with DSDT loaded and Chimera v1.4.1 r887. For network I've just installed the newest kext (1.3.17). Can you help me (maybe via pn) to figure out what goes wrong? Thank you Unfortunately, I cannot be of much help, until I reproduce the same problem. Please read my previous thread with foodbardbadz. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1744582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanst Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hi, it is now working for me. I tried it today in the office in the dockingstation and after renewing lease (dhcp) I got an ip and could surf the first time with my hackintosh. So Intel 82579V in ProBook 6460b is working. Thanks a lot Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1745461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waha Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I've got a 10D3 working (mostly) perfect in my Hackintosh using the latest version of your driver. Speeds are very good over LAN with AFP (about 200mbit higher than my old Realtek), but if I put a lot of pressure on the network the driver totally dies until I force dismount the AFP share. No kernel panics though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1746216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 I've got a 10D3 working (mostly) perfect in my Hackintosh using the latest version of your driver. Speeds are very good over LAN with AFP (about 200mbit higher than my old Realtek), but if I put a lot of pressure on the network the driver totally dies until I force dismount the AFP share. No kernel panics though. Does it start working again after AFP volume unmounting ? If so, it does not sound like a driver problem. Will you check if the same problem is reprodcued using different protocosl, such as SMB or FTP ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1746665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris404 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 hnak, worked fine on the official Apple Dual Gigabit Ethernet Card under Lion modifying the ID to 0x10f68086. Had issues using Intel82574L.kext (card gets recognized but dies on activity) Is 'Link Aggregation' using LACP supported by this driver? Thanks, Kris Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1746812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
waha Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Does it start working again after AFP volume unmounting ?If so, it does not sound like a driver problem. Will you check if the same problem is reprodcued using different protocosl, such as SMB or FTP ? It starts working when the AFP connection times out and I can force unmount it. I don't think it's related to AFP though since all network traffic dies, can't even ping other machines on my local network. But I'll do the same test with SMB and see what happens -- unsure if it'll trigger it though as SMB doesn't perform nearly as well as AFP for me (30-40mb/sec vs. 70-80mb/sec with AFP) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1746900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted September 10, 2011 Author Share Posted September 10, 2011 hnak, worked fine on the official Apple Dual Gigabit Ethernet Card under Lion modifying the ID to 0x10f68086. Had issues using Intel82574L.kext (card gets recognized but dies on activity) Is 'Link Aggregation' using LACP supported by this driver? Thanks, Kris As I have never tried link aggregation, no idea. I don't know any methods specifically defined for link aggregation in IOKit, though it may exist. If Network preference panel allows activating aggregation, it is supported by an upper layer. Just try and see what happens. It starts working when the AFP connection times out and I can force unmount it. I don't think it's related to AFP though since all network traffic dies, can't even ping other machines on my local network. But I'll do the same test with SMB and see what happens -- unsure if it'll trigger it though as SMB doesn't perform nearly as well as AFP for me (30-40mb/sec vs. 70-80mb/sec with AFP) I guess the driver's output buffer becomes full when networking stalls. In the case, any outgoing packets are discarded - so even ping does not work. I suspect AFP repeatedly tries to send many small packets in the case. You can use Network Utility to check if the counts of in/out/error packets change. If so, as the number of buffer is hard-coded (256, probably) , there is no solution to the problem unless you change the value in the source and built the driver. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1746957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris404 Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 As I have never tried link aggregation, no idea. I don't know any methods specifically defined for link aggregation in IOKit, though it may exist. If Network preference panel allows activating aggregation, it is supported by an upper layer. Just try and see what happens. .. Woohoo!! Bonding works too and with 9K Jumbo frames no less. Of course you need to create a 'Link Aggregation Group (LAG)' and enable 'Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)' on the Switch supporting these features (Mine is Netgear GS108T Smart Switch) This is just the perfect setup I was looking for to stream from and backup to my Synology DS 509+ NAS (also on another LAG). Thanks hnak. Kris Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1747027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Good ! I can tell that it works when I am asked by someone, too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1747076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmotta Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 The driver work with my intel onboard 82579 (asus p8z68 vpro - lion) but i have two problems... In the preferences the jumbo frames is not present and the max mtu is 1500, i solved this issue with the command "sudo ifconfig en0 mtu 9000" and this is, is SOLVED The other problem is WOL (Wake On Lan) i need this feature.... in pref panel is not present and ifconfig or pmset not help me i think is necessary to use ethtool but i not able to compile this command in osx! Other solutions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1752511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 The driver work with my intel onboard 82579 (asus p8z68 vpro - lion) but i have two problems... In the preferences the jumbo frames is not present and the max mtu is 1500, i solved this issue with the command "sudo ifconfig en0 mtu 9000" and this is, is SOLVED The other problem is WOL (Wake On Lan) i need this feature.... in pref panel is not present and ifconfig or pmset not help me i think is necessary to use ethtool but i not able to compile this command in osx! Other solutions? It sounds strange that mtu cannot be set in Network preference panel, if you select "manual" settings. WOL can be set in the Energy Saver preference panel if NIC supports it. As I do not use it personally, I have never cared about it. It should be simple to enable WOL ( just not to shutdown phy ), I will take a look when I have time. As WOL also depends on S-state, it may require AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext to work properly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1753066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmotta Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 My PowerManagement is ok, with pci board rtl8169 and native driver i have Wol in the Energy Saver preference panel, and it work. With onboard intel 82579 i not have the option... is a driver problem, in seven and in linux the wol is ok Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1753104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 My PowerManagement is ok, with pci board rtl8169 and native driver i have Wol in the Energy Saver preference panel, and it work. With onboard intel 82579 i not have the option... is a driver problem, in seven and in linux the wol is ok I updated the code base to 1.6.2. It is WOL-enabled, at least Energy Saver shows the option. Though I do not succeed in waking up my PC, it may be because I use NullCPUPowerManagement to avoid KP. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1753440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmotta Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Thank's for the new kext! Work good and is slightly faster than the old version (100+ mb/sec with afp) but the wol not work... now i have two board in my mackintosh (8169 pci, 82579 onboard) when my lion go in sleep mode the rtl8169 stay on, 82579 is powered off P.S. With the original e1000e kernel modules (in linux) and 82579 chip onboard, the wol go without problems and when i turn off (or sleep) the pc, the network stay on. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1753615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Thank's for the new kext! Work good and is slightly faster than the old version (100+ mb/sec with afp) but the wol not work... now i have two board in my mackintosh (8169 pci, 82579 onboard) when my lion go in sleep mode the rtl8169 stay on, 82579 is powered off P.S. With the original e1000e kernel modules (in linux) and 82579 chip onboard, the wol go without problems and when i turn off (or sleep) the pc, the network stay on. Problem is, there is no document or sample code for the right sequence to prepare wakeup in Mac OS X. In addition, my PC doesn't sleep. I simply give up for now. As source is available at sourceforge.net, you can freely tweak it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1753716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantan Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 anybody here got the 82575EB working with this driver? i would like to know what modifications i have to make to e1000 kext, to get it working with my dual port 82575EB nic. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1760364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantan Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 now i got the 2 ports showing up correctly in the system with the attached kext. when i use dhcp i get a self assigned ip, which means that there is no connection to the router. when i manualy assign the correct ip, the light is green and it says connected, but i cant access any webpages. any help would be very much appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1760726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 now i got the 2 ports showing up correctly in the system with the attached kext.when i use dhcp i get a self assigned ip, which means that there is no connection to the router. when i manualy assign the correct ip, the light is green and it says connected, but i cant access any webpages. any help would be very much appreciated. 82575/82576 are not suported by this driver, which is based in Linux e1000e. If you want the driver, you have to port by yourself from Linux igb, which is hosted on the same site. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1762480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantan Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 82575/82576 are not suported by this driver, which is based in Linux e1000e.If you want the driver, you have to port by yourself from Linux igb, which is hosted on the same site. hello hnak, thanks for your reply. i never ported a driver from anywhere, is that something that can be done easily? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1762489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 hello hnak, thanks for your reply. i never ported a driver from anywhere, is that something that can be done easily? If you have experience in writing linux/bsd low level programs, it is possible, but it takes time and endurance. There were some questions about porting the igb code base in this thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1762585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantan Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 ok not for me then... might be a job for lnx2mac, i will ask over there... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1762591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbyte_it Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I updated the code base to 1.6.2.It is WOL-enabled, at least Energy Saver shows the option. Though I do not succeed in waking up my PC, it may be because I use NullCPUPowerManagement to avoid KP. I don't use NullCPUpowermanagement kext, and my computer sleeps and wake up very nicely, yet it doesn't wakeup with WOL, when I turn off the computer from Windows, it does wake up with wol, it's something to do with the driver, to put the adapter in the correct power mode... (i am a bit of a hacker, but not the kind that writes drivers, i'll try to compare your driver to the linux one and see if i can figure out the differences) Update: I downloaded the sources of the Intel opensource driver and hnak driver, compared, the main driver class is different. I tried putting some comments in all down/up/wake/wol functions, and compiled a kext. From the log, if what it says is true, the computer gets shutdown before the ethernet card finished it's shutdown procedure. You can check the attached file, i highlighted my comments. Some stuff that can be good is that when I issue the sleep command, the card gets a call AppleIntelE1000e::setWakeOnMagicPacket(TRUE), WOL support = YES, when it wakes it the call becomes AppleIntelE1000e::setWakeOnMagicPacket(FALSE), WOL support = YES, but it doesn't work. lnx2mac driver can be helpful, because it supports WOL, but the sources are not yet published e1000_ethernet_debug.rtf Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1766200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hnak Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 lnx2mac driver can be helpful, because it supports WOL, but the sources are not yet published Yeah, i am waiting for the source to become open, too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1766958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Drake Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 hi, i have this: http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/ipcboard_view....oname=NAF92-Q67 which has: "Intel 82579LM & 82574L Gigabit LAN" on 10.6.8 with version 1.6.2 of this kext. when the computer boots, both ethernet interfaces in system preferences show the yellow 'orb' and 'self-assigned ip' with nothing plugged in. if you plug and unplug a cable that has something else on the other end, then they go to the red 'orb' and saying 'not connected' which is normal for idle ethernet plugs on mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/205771-appleintele1000ekext-for-108107106105/page/6/#findComment-1769804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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