Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:09:05 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" <jnagyjr1978@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: supporting AR8161/8165 Message-ID: <50E3A4D1.1020209@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmvGaGqts7dN7Xsr_SJoLkDaT7csEv7_Qcs%2BqxtK6gHVg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxg=6EeaXBwj57xjHEs7mM20DV3uWWPxos2Mz-=bWjoBwVA@mail.gmail.com> <20130102012604.GA6382@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <CAF6rxgmvGaGqts7dN7Xsr_SJoLkDaT7csEv7_Qcs%2BqxtK6gHVg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/01/13 20:47, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 1 January 2013 20:26, YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 12:29:29PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> Are there any plans to support the AR8161/8165 chipset? >>> [ none2@pci… class=0x02000 card=0x397917aa chip=0x10911969 rev=0x08 hdr=0x00 ] >>> >> > This decision made QAC to overhaul Linux driver >> (alx) to follow Linux's decision and their priority was to get a >> stable Linux driver. It was long time ago and I don't know current >> status. > > :( > >> QAC already donated a couple of engineering samples so I guess it >> wouldn't take a long time for me to write a driver for >> AR816x/AR817x but I still have mixed feelings about writing a >> driver at this moment. > > Why the mixed feelings? The more hardware we support out of the box > the more likely it is that users will stick with FreeBSD. > > If I could tell people that "yes, this laptop completely works with > FreeBSD" that would be awesome. > If I might jump in, I would love to tell people I know the same thing, but I cannot because /my/ wifi card isn't supported (and, as I understand it, mine is because the hw vendor apparently likes it like that). I am finding FreeBSD to be great on a desktop/server, but I need to be mobile with my laptop and not tied to an ethernet card or a ndist hack that may or may not cause a kernel panic. -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org
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