From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 23 11:44:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8D3A16A418 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:44:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cs@wa-sp.com) Received: from klippan.outpost24.com (mail.outpost24.com [212.214.12.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71B2913C474 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:44:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cs@wa-sp.com) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (h80n1c1o824.bredband.skanova.com [81.235.28.80]) by klippan.outpost24.com (XESMTP) with ESMTP id 24169874002 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:25:17 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4797241D.8080000@wa-sp.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:25:17 +0100 From: Chris Stromblad User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Dell XPS 1530 - Network card issue - Marvell 88E8040 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:44:25 -0000 (I originally addressed this to the freebsd-hardware, but got no response, so please forgive me for reposting this here!) Hi, It appears as if the Marvell 88E8040 is not yet supported by FreeBSD and specifically the msk(4) driver. I would just like to know if there are any plans on adding support for the above mentioned NIC. Normally I wouldn't even bother asking, and just shrug and say, tough luck they don't support it... next distribution. Thing is, I really, really like FreeBSD. I'm kind of a GNU/Linux guy, but I've never managed to settle for a distribution and have moved from one to another, never quite finding something that works with me, and not against me. Then I tried FreeBSD, actually I just read much of the available documentation and I was "converted". _THIS_ is how documentation should be written; clear, concise, to the point and most of all, USEFUL! Thank you! So, my point is that I really want this to work out. I'm willing to give as much time as necessary to get this driver working. Whether it's just a little Device_ID change in the source, I don't know. However, if anyone is up for helping me getting this to work, I'll provide whatever information I can. Many thanks, and keep up the fantastic work on the FreeBSD operating system. Regards, Christoffer Strömblad PS: I've tried 8.0-CURRENT (snapshot from 27122007), 7.0-RC1 and FreeBSD 6.3, no luck. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"