From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 13:57:20 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A03A61065677 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:57:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aldrox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54ED38FC17 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:57:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwg5 with SMTP id 5so3559922qwg.13 for ; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:57:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=bLb5DcsbffqD8U3NHOFCmUTcGU4G9UGyIHQlUb5fsAA=; b=fCuTHhw5u1aW+A5MH2FllwP5NbfSnddU0v4ytTbukT0rzVBfCAu94K0qokufvu3xr+ KXQ2gSe45BLH3b8Ku9XyFEtwKPDJGX/MAsmWJaKLJ0ant1UQSYjIbKeRKxT9VVb0LRWB UJr0g7bAgE9ClooW8KaXlz0ZVQ5ryFpxucox8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=KEgEa5viGB0pgMXkYI5NmTNaUS/CEt2fgqK9ZXsT7zLr3WK81gymzSeswPXXLyvEsv QTwIhvd4+i99364xnkpK5Rk188pK1t/ER2pMCSKgRmjKC1YP46i0FTrEGxTU8z0h126T TpoycWNP90Z7H6v0nJJRUfqPpU8FHu7aIQ9Qw= Received: by 10.224.19.195 with SMTP id c3mr3855948qab.270.1281101531328; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:32:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.215.149 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 06:31:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Aldrox Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:31:51 -0300 Message-ID: To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Support for Realtek's RTL8185L chip X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:57:20 -0000 Dear Gentlemen, I plan to setup a simple, unexpensive wireless router based on FreeBSD 8.1, but as I managed to find out, there is no support for Realtek RTL8185L chip, which is part of the server's hardware to be used. I wouldn't like to move from FreeBSD to Linux (which supports it), or even buy another wireless NIC. So I ask: Are there plans to support it any time soon, or some work in progress on the matter? Although I am not a programmer, I would gladly help to try alpha or beta drivers, or whatever I could do to improve RTL8185L driver development under FreeBSD. Thanks for your attention. Regards. Alessandro Ohde aldrox@gmail.com -- Registered Linux User #: 469699 (counter.li.org) Going on means going far... going far means returning... --Tao Te Ching