From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 16 12:53:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61412106566B for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:53:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from patrick.ale@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f223.google.com (mail-bw0-f223.google.com [209.85.218.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E53338FC1B for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:53:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz23 with SMTP id 23so1001023bwz.13 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:53:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=cthkJhZ7v0VFKddQIHlBNRRYcXk4H0bIquepJnFs3zo=; b=hEaW8fcN+af5tjl9EHWshDIWsvoJa8DmQZqdcD7hsNOkFuX3nrejYQRnrijqlRQZwP 6zUYjknydJLNA5mngqVKu4HXnuY3KV9xpaw1D/e0MdFj+DSyKQkJINWbLNQ8TRk5nbvw IQjTU9Rtw8C1J9s8pe/P0Loy0sxvgm4MTZiio= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=QgMvXwKZRQJKWWU7B2yFxyP168mDCk3m6Yb5xiXbQ3zNWxwAM62Vnw90S/h698Jm4Z jlVTd5VYQgGH8OFXDgF6/SBllQ+qk3KsP4HVUhNjmCz421f090tlTz8MnpsXePsr9KoV UkSn6+tUSrrLzpcbWk+te2YCFm6taaGgdui7U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.49.73 with SMTP id u9mr104330bkf.105.1266323375534; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:29:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:29:35 +0100 Message-ID: <8d158e1f1002160429m747efaf1h478b6b9cf00b96c@mail.gmail.com> From: Patrick Ale To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Attansic L1 Gigabit discovered on install but no link X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:53:34 -0000 Good afternoon, I tried to install FreeBSD 8.0 about 30 minutes ago and during the installation I encountered a problem. My network card is detected but on DHCP Server discoverage I see that no link is detected and that the driver/dhcp discovery process is giving up on trying. I understoodthat the Attansic L1 Gigabit card's support is sort of problematic due to the 'openness' of the documentation but I'd really like to know how I can help or what I can do to get this driver working on my Acer Aspire 8920 laptop. Buying another NIC for this particular thing is not really an option. Any suggestion is welcome, my C programming skills are not really to write home about so I am afraid I can't contribute much on that point but if you need test dummies or feel like I can help out or if you need more information, please let me know. Thank you for your time in advance, Patrick