Intel I211-AT Alternative to SmallTree

[elixir]

I211 Gigabit Network Connection:
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x1539
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1458
Subsystem ID: 0xe000
Revision ID: 0x0003
PCIe Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s
PCIe Link Width: x1
Driver: com.amdosx.driver.AppleIGB
BSD Device Name: en1
Maximum Link Speed: 1 Gb/s

 

[Arrakis]

Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x1533
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1458

Just to confirm that on TRx40 kernel panic directly

 

[Shaneee]

Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x1533
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1458

Just to confirm that on TRx40 kernel panic directly

Can you share the panic please.

 

[elixir]

i have modified a bit the kext due to connection drops and slow opening of safari, chrome and discord apps.
modded:
a. OSBundledRequired' from "Network-Root" to "Root"
b. i210/i211 --> NETIF_F_TSO to "FALSE"

hope can help to those with connection dropped

 

[baronerosso]

i have modified a bit the kext due to connection drops and slow opening of safari, chrome and discord apps.
modded:
a. OSBundledRequired' from "Network-Root" to "Root"
b. i210/i211 --> NETIF_F_TSO to "FALSE"

hope can help to those with connection dropped

No way on Big Sure, always connection drop

 

[Shaneee]

Made some modifications to the source based on linux kernel. Seems to work ok so far. Been running with LAN only and WiFi disabled for some times and seems stable.

 

[AudioGod]

Good job, It's Working very well now. Im streaming in 4K and the connection is smooth and solid. No stutter, No drops.

 

[reinierlazo]

Good job, It's Working very well now. Im streaming in 4K and the connection is smooth and solid. No stutter, No drops.

need clusters or just the kexts

 

[reinierlazo]

Good job, It's Working very well now. Im streaming in 4K and the connection is smooth and solid. No stutter, No drops.

I added the kexts and nothing is disconnected as with arguments

 

[baronerosso]

Made some modifications to the source based on linux kernel. Seems to work ok so far. Been running with LAN only and WiFi disabled for some times and seems stable.

no change, connection drops approximately after 15 second, also managing to reconnect by changing the parameters in network preferences

Could BigSure be giving this connection loss problem? Could someone else with BigSure do a check?

 

[Shaneee]

Minimum version it’s built to is 11.0 so should work. I can install Big Sur later on my test ssd and take a look.

 

[elixir]

this kext no bloatware only for i210 and i211: note: this kext from Shaneee's latest posted kext
tested on Big Sur 11.5.2 and Monterey Beta 6

 

[AudioGod]

this kext no bloatware only for i210 and i211
tested on Big Sur 11.5.2 and Monterey Beta 6

Is this cleaned up version a update to the last cleanup and fixes that @Shaneee did last night?

 

[elixir]

Is this cleaned up version a update to the last cleanup and fixes that @Shaneee did last night?

yes, the kext from Shaneee and I did some clean-up and test on the two OS

 

[reinierlazo]

You should explain better friends because you added the kexts, I restart the nmvram and nothing drops the connection. added the arguments in my config and it still only works for a few seconds

 

[elixir]

Works perfect for me Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE

• Subsystem ID: 0xe000
• Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1458

by looking at your network preferences, the smalltreeintel82576 driver is already working, you do not need the appleigb driver

 

[reinierlazo]

In mine the same. But help the community, not everyone knows what I mean by you. Thanks for your kexts

 

[Arrakis]

@Shaneee
Sorry for the little delay, but I had urgent work to complete. And here's the kernel panic report.

 

[Shaneee]

@Arrakis It seems that's unrelated to AppleIGB.kext. It looks to be caused by AppleGraphicsControl.kext

 

[Arrakis]

To do the test, I have two absolutely identical EFIs just with the difference of kext for the ethernet ports.
The first with the I210.kext (works very well with BigSur by the way)
The second with the Kext AppleIGB.kext
With the first, the Monterey system is very stable. With the second one doing nothing, it's kernel panic for sure.