From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 26 12:31:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5FFB16A4BF for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:31:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dmlb.org (pc2-cmbg4-6-cust36.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [81.96.76.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E14243FE5 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:31:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmlb@dmlb.org) Received: from slave.my.domain ([192.168.200.39]) by dmlb.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19rjXG-000Njb-00; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:31:22 +0100 Received: from dmlb by slave.my.domain with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19rjXG-000JxI-00; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:31:22 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <10490.1061924215@www25.gmx.net> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:31:22 +0100 (BST) From: Duncan Barclay To: dcswest@gmx.net Sender: Duncan Barclay cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [hackers] Re: BCM4401 ethernet driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 19:31:26 -0000 On 26-Aug-2003 dcswest@gmx.net wrote: > Greetings; > > Wondering whatever further may have come of this discussion regarding > FreeBSD support of the built-in ethernet for the Dell Inspiron 8500 Notebook. > Running a dual-boot system with MS Windows XP and FreeBSD 4.8 Release since > 5.1 > wouldn't seem to install, but not even sure how to make use of drivers beyond > including their device code in the kernel configuration file, which may just > be an issue with this current release. I fixed the RX problem yesterday. Take a look at http://people.freebsd.org/~dmlb/ and grab the lastest bcm_...tar.gz file. Untar this into /sys then cd /sys/modules/bcm make make install kldload if_bcm This driver is for -current only. Once I've done a bit more work on it and committed it, I'll back port to -stable. Duncan > Other than that, may also ask if anyone's just managed to get the Motorola > SB4200 Cable Modem to work through the USB port instead. > > Thank you, > > > [freebsd.hackers] > > Subject: Re: [hackers] Re: BCM4401 ethernet driver > From: none@superig.com.br (Tony Meman) > Newsgroups: freebsd.hackers > Organization: TAC News Gateway > Date: Jun 18 2003 02:52:22 > References: 1 > > David Gilbert wrote: >> Duncan> I am in the process of rewriting this driver for FreeBSD. It >> Duncan> can transmit, but RX is not yet going properly. As this is >> Duncan> evening work, it's likely to take at elast another week. >> >> >>>>This is the onboard ethernet on my dell inspiron 8500 laptop and I >> >> I'm pretty sure this is the chipset on my Dell D800 laptop. I would >> be interested in testing the drivers, too. I'm running 5.1-RELEASE. >> >> Dave. > > This ethernet is onboard on some Asus A7V8X mother boards (VIA KT400 > chipset). I'm running the linux/windows drivers from Broadcom site > without problems. > > If you need more ppl testing the driver I'd be glad to help. I'm running > 4.8-STABLE but could upgrade to 5.1-RELEASE if required. > > Regards, > > -- > Tony Meman > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- > COMPUTERBILD 15/03: Premium-e-mail-Dienste im Test > -------------------------------------------------- > 1. GMX TopMail - Platz 1 und Testsieger! > 2. GMX ProMail - Platz 2 und Preis-Qualitätssieger! > 3. Arcor - 4. web.de - 5. T-Online - 6. freenet.de - 7. daybyday - 8. e-Post > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- ________________________________________________________________________ Duncan Barclay | dmlb@dmlb.org | dmlb@freebsd.org|