Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:05:18 -0400 (EDT) From: neuro@mail.fci.fsu.edu To: Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Too Evil, Too Furious Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0504251403380.4067@mail.fci.fsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050425171528.7EF8B16A4D3@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050425171528.7EF8B16A4D3@hub.freebsd.org>
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Dear Bill Paul, I asked if you needed help earlier in programming project evil. I was wondering if you have a CVS repository of the code. Also, if I partake in this endeavour I will be able to supply you with the cards as I am doing research for my university I can order these as extras and ship them to you. We do a lot of opensource development. Hell I'll even purchase these out of pocket. I would like to help tell me what you need done and we'll figure something out... --sahil On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Bill Paul wrote: > > Having reached yet another milestone of sorts in Project Evil develpment, > it's time once again to concentrate on cleaning up some of the rough spots. > This means fixing problems with cards/drivers that don't quite work right. > > Naturally, all the cards/drivers that people are having issues with are > ones that I don't have. Now, it doesn't do any good to just tell me that > your card/driver isn't working right: to fix the problem, whatever it is, > I need to experiment, and for that I need access to the hardware. No, I > won't send you patches to test. No, there isn't any debugging information > you can give me via e-mail that will help. No, I'm not kidding. > > The cards that I can't seem to get my hands on are: > > - Marvell wireless -- supposedly D-Link used this on a card called the > DWL-G510, but only on the first revision. The second board revision > uses an Atheros chipset, which is already supported. Unfortunately, aside > from this one PCI card, this chipset tends to only show up as a built-in > component on motherboards or laptops, which makes it hard for me to just > go out and get one. > > - Inprocomm wireless -- this chipset has been reported to work on i386, > but there's also an amd64 driver, and to date nobody has reported trying > it with FreeBSD/amd64. > > - AirGo Pre-N wireless -- there's apparently a Belkin cardbus card > (F5D8010?) that uses this one > > - RayLink RT2500 wireless -- this one shows up on some PCI cards, but > I haven't had any luck finding one locally yet > > The developers of the Marvell and Inprocomm drivers apparently chose > to use Microsoft structured exception handling (*sigh*), which is > interesting in that these devices have drivers for amd64 as well as > i386. From what I've read, Microsoft's amd64 implementation of SEH > should not cause any problems for Project Evil on amd64, but I haven't > personally tested it since the only card I have with an amd64 driver > is a Broadcom one. > > My problems with finding these cards locally are: > > - In-store selections around here really suck > - In many cases, the chips appear on only certain revs of a given > card, and either I can't find that rev, or the boxes aren't well > enough marked for me to figure out just which rev is inside > - Some of them show up most often as built-in devices, and I can't > go out and buy a new laptop or motherboard just to test one network > interface > > If you have one of these cards and would like to loan or donate it, we > at Project Evil Laboratories would be most appreciative. If you don't want > to part with your hardware, you can still help by giving me remote access > to a system with the card installed. Note that just giving me a shell > really doesn't help: in order to experiment, I need to be able to load, > test and unload kernel modules, which requires superuser access. The > ideal setup would be to use a serial console, since in some cases it > may be necessary to poke around with the kernel debugger. Don't consider > this unless you have a scratch box lying around that you can afford to > have bounced a few times, because I guarantee you I will crash the thing > a few times before I get it to work. > > Lastly, if you can't do either of these things, you can still help by > providing some important information. If you have one of these cards, > tell me where you got it! Tell me what manufacturer and model number > it is, but also carefully inspect the box it came in and tell me _ANY_ > identifying markings on it that will help me distinguish it from all > the other cards out there. Very often, card distributors will sell two > different cards with the same part number. (I own no less than 4 cards > called the "LinkSys LNE100TX," all of which have different chipsets on > them.) D-Link and Linksys are some of the worst offenders in this area. > Even worse, most PCI cards now have metal RF shields on them that > cover up the chipsets, which makes it impossible to tell what you're > getting just by looking at the picture on the box. > > Look for hardware revision info. Look for firmware revision info. If > you can provide a URL to the exact card you got from the place you > ordered it, even better. Whatever you do, don't just tell "I have > a D-Link model so-and-so." Instead, tell me "I have a D-Link model > so-and-so that I ordered from the following URL, and the box has > a sticker that says HW rev: B3 FW rev: 2.0." If I have info like this, > I can grab a card off a store shelf when I find the right one. Otherwise, > I can't take the chance on paying for it only to find out later it > uses a chipset I already have. > > If you want to donate/load a card to Project Evil, you can send it > to the following address: > > Attn: Bill Paul > Wind River Systems > 500 Wind River Way > Alameda, CA. 94501 > USA > > Bill's office phone number: 1 (510) 749-2329 > > Remember to include a note with your address so that the card can be > shipped back to you, and specify how soon you need the card back. All > loaned cards will be returned. > > -Bill > > -- > ============================================================================= > -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu > wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems > ============================================================================= > <adamw> you're just BEGGING to face the moose > ============================================================================= > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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