Slackware 14.2 - MB Z270X gaming K5

mobjr · 07-18-2022, 02:49 PM

I installed Slackware 14.2(UEFI Boot and Full installation). I cannot find my ethernet driver Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500.
There is Documentation(Kbuild) that explains how to build modules only. It's possible to build modules and install them on
my current Kernel without errors or I will need to compile the new Kernel with modules from the source...

Quote:

06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Qualcomm Atheros Device [1969:e0b1] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:e000]

I found a module called ALX(Qualcomm Atheros):

Code:

 Search Results

 Symbol: NET_VENDOR_ATHEROS [=n]
 Type  : boolean
 Prompt: Atheros devices
   Location:
     -> Device Drivers
       -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
         -> Ethernet driver support (ETHERNET [=y])
   Defined at drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Kconfig:5
   Depends on: NETDEVICES [=y] && ETHERNET [=y] && PCI [=y]

Qualcomm Atheros Kernel source:

Code:

                                            .config - Linux/x86 4.4.14 Kernel Configuration
	Ethernet driver support
                                                                                                                                     
                          --- Ethernet driver support[*]   3Com devices
                          < >     3Com 3c574 PCMCIA support
                          < >     3Com 3c589 PCMCIA support
                          < >     3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support
                          < >     3cr990 series "Typhoon" support[*]   Adaptec devices
                          < >     Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support[*]   Agere devices
                          < >     Agere ET-1310 Gigabit Ethernet support[*]   Alteon devices
                          < >     Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support
                          < >   Altera Triple-Speed Ethernet MAC support[*]   AMD devices
                          < >     AMD 8111 (new PCI LANCE) support
                          < >     AMD PCnet32 PCI support
                          < >     New Media PCMCIA support[*]   ARC devices[*]   Atheros devices
                          <M>     Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet support
                          <M>     Atheros/Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support
                          <M>     Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet support
                          <M>     Atheros L1C Gigabit Ethernet support
                          <M>     Qualcomm Atheros AR816x/AR817x support
                          [ ]   Aurora VLSI devices[*]   Cadence devices
                          < >     Cadence MACB/GEM support[*]   Broadcom devices
                          < >     Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support
                          < >     Broadcom GENET internal MAC support
                          < >     QLogic bnx2 support
                          < >     QLogic CNIC support

obobskivich · 07-20-2022, 11:42 AM

Is there a question here?

Potentially relevant: depending on what you need from this system/NIC, it may be worth just disabling it in BIOS and getting a Realtek or Intel add-in card - some features are (at least as far as I know) still not functional/broken on these Atheros NICs, most notably WOL support. It may also let you get something with a more common driver.

computersavvy · 07-20-2022, 03:04 PM

According to this the chipset is supported on many distros and with kernels 4.8 and newer.

mobjr · 07-21-2022, 11:48 AM

obobskivich. My English is horrible. I installed Slackware 15 and I found the network driver.
My problem now is the Graphics Card and Update, after the update, my system crashed.
I try to update with "slackpkg update and upgrade-all"(one mirror) using "new" or "old" config.
The system and boot crashed.