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<<Anchor(squeeze)>>
=== Squeeze ===

Firmware is required to be obtained and installed prior to device operation:

 1. Install the [[DebianPkg:squeeze/git|git]] package: {{{
# aptitude update && aptitude install git
# exit
}}}
 1. Acquire the AceNIC Tigon firmware from the [[http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git|linux-firmware]] GIT tree: {{{
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
}}}
 1. Install the firmware: {{{
$ su
# mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/firmware/acenic
# cp linux-firmware/acenic/{tg1,tg2}.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware/acenic
}}}
 1. Reload the acenic driver: {{{
# modprobe -r acenic ; modprobe acenic
}}}
 1. Configure your network interface, see [[NetworkConfiguration]].
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<<Anchor(squeeze)>>
=== Squeeze ===

Firmware is required to be obtained and installed prior to device operation:

 1. Install the [[DebianPkg:squeeze/git|git]] package: {{{
# aptitude update && aptitude install git
# exit
}}}
 1. Acquire the AceNIC Tigon firmware from the [[http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git|linux-firmware]] GIT tree: {{{
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git
}}}
 1. Install the firmware: {{{
$ su
# mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/firmware/acenic
# cp linux-firmware/acenic/{tg1,tg2}.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware/acenic
}}}
 1. Reload the acenic driver: {{{
# modprobe -r acenic ; modprobe acenic
}}}
 1. Configure your network interface, see [[NetworkConfiguration]].
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The following list is based on the ''alias'' fields of {{{modinfo acenic}}} in Debian 2.6.26 (2.6.26-25lenny1) kernel images. The following list is based on the ''alias'' fields of {{{modinfo acenic}}} in Debian 2.6.32 (2.6.32-30) kernel images.

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Alteon AceNIC Tigon I/II Ethernet controllers

This page describes how to enable support for AceNIC Ethernet controllers on Debian systems.

Contents

  1. Alteon AceNIC Tigon I/II Ethernet controllers
    1. Installation
      1. Squeeze
      2. Lenny
    2. Supported Devices
    3. See Also

acenic is a driver for Alteon AceNIC Tigon I and II gigabit Ethernet controllers, included in the mainline Linux kernel. Supported devices are listed at the end of this page.

In linux-2.6 2.6.23-1, the binary-only firmware for this driver was removed (see the package changelog), due to discovered firmware licensing issues. The driver was disabled at this time. It was re-enabled in linux-2.6 2.6.26-1 when the request_firmware patch was applied.1 Device firmware is not packaged (517627).

{i} Broadcom Tigon3 Ethernet controllers are supported by the in-tree tg3 driver.

Installation

Squeeze

Firmware is required to be obtained and installed prior to device operation:

  1. Install the git package: 

    # aptitude update && aptitude install git
# exit

  2. Acquire the AceNIC Tigon firmware from the linux-firmware GIT tree: 

    $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git

  3. Install the firmware: 

    $ su 
# mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/firmware/acenic
# cp linux-firmware/acenic/{tg1,tg2}.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware/acenic

  4. Reload the acenic driver: 

    # modprobe -r acenic ; modprobe acenic

  5. Configure your network interface, see NetworkConfiguration.

Lenny

Firmware is required to be obtained and installed prior to device operation:

  1. Install the git-core package: 

    # aptitude update && aptitude install git-core
# exit

  2. Acquire the AceNIC Tigon firmware from the linux-firmware GIT tree: 

    $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dwmw2/linux-firmware.git

  3. Install the firmware: 

    $ su
# mkdir /usr/local/lib/firmware
# cp linux-firmware/acenic/tg1.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware/acenic_tg1.bin
# cp linux-firmware/acenic/tg2.bin /usr/local/lib/firmware/acenic_tg2.bin

  4. Reload the acenic driver: 

    # modprobe -r acenic ; modprobe acenic

  5. Configure your network interface, see NetworkConfiguration.

Supported Devices

The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo acenic in Debian 2.6.32 (2.6.32-30) kernel images. 

  • PCI: 1011:001A Digital Equipment Corporation Farallon PN9000SX Gigabit Ethernet
PCI: 10A9:0009 Silicon Graphics, Inc. AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet
PCI: 10B7:0001 3Com Corporation 3c985 1000BaseSX (SX/TX)
PCI: 12AE:0001 Alteon Networks Inc. AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet
PCI: 12AE:0002 Alteon Networks Inc. AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet (Copper)
PCI: 12AE:00FA Alteon Networks Inc. Farallon PN9100-T Gigabit Ethernet
PCI: 1385:620A Netgear GA620 Gigabit Ethernet
PCI: 1385:630A Netgear GA630 Gigabit Ethernet

See Also

CategoryHardware

  1. Package changelog for linux-2.6 (2.6.26-1) (1)