Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:21:01 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer Aspire 5672 laptop and FreeBSD 8.0-stable Message-ID: <20110717132101.1a4718c7.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <201107151620.11887.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20100116212615.963c6ed6.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110715213458.6d7ddd41.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <201107151620.11887.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:20:11 -0400 John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Friday, July 15, 2011 3:34:58 pm Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > Update: > > I have now tested this laptop[1] with FreeBSD 8.2-stable[2]. > > The results are the same as when it was tested with 8.0-stable. > > It still needs patching of the PCIe code to get network interfaces to work. > > I used a patch[3] made by Alexander Motin for a different machine, amd even > if the seconfd hunk of the patch was rejected, > > the wireless interface (wpi0) works. > > Please try adding 'options NEW_PCIB' to your kernel config on a recent 8- > stable instead. You should not need Alexander's patch in this case. I did, and now it works. Nice, very nice! dmesg output here: http://sites.google.com/site/tingox/aceraspireas5672andfreebsd Thanks! -- Torfinn
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