From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Jan 30 8:29:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from webweaving.org (calcaphon.demon.co.uk [193.237.19.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F2C414DC9; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 08:29:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from n_hibma@webweaving.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by webweaving.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA05771; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:21:30 GMT (envelope-from n_hibma@webweaving.org) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:21:29 +0000 (GMT) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@localhost Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: Donald Burr Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Hardware Subject: Re: Drivers for Davicom DM9102 10/100 NIC chip In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org If this is one of those USB only (USB keyboard, mouse, etc.) thingies you might want to be careful. I have not yet tried that and so far the only report I've had was that it did not work on an Acer. 1) there is a problem with ISA not being there I expect 2) Is the USB support amture enough to keep you going. Could you specify a location where one can find more information on this device? Cheers, Nick On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Donald Burr wrote: > One of my suppliers has just started carrying a new item, called the > "BookPC", a really nice fully integrated PC (built in AGP video, USB, > 10/100 NIC, 56K modem, and AC97 audio) in an extremely small case > (even smaller than MicroATX). I'd like to buy a couple of these and turn > them into "tiny FreeBSD workstations". unfortunately, they use an > ethernet controller that is not supported. It is the Davicom DM9102 > (http://www.davicom8.com/lan/dm9102.htm). Fortunately it looks like this > company is pretty open-source friendly, there is a datasheet that you can > get right off the Web site, and there is even *source* for a Linux driver > (also available on the web site). > > It would be great if this chip were supported under > FreeBSD. Unfortunately, I lack the necessary mojo to pull this off. > > Any takers? Many thanks in advance! > -- > Donald Burr Resistance is Futile | FreeBSD: The > WWW: http://www.borg-cube.com/ ICQ: UIN#16997506 | Power to > Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | Serve! http:// > Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | www.freebsd.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- n_hibma@webweaving.org n_hibma@freebsd.org USB project http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message