Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:54:30 +0200 (SAST) From: jaco@coocoo.za.net To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: [Marvell 88E8050] Ask your board manufacturer for Marvell 88E8050 NIC support Message-ID: <2468.196.37.144.101.1119891270.squirrel@webmail.premsoft.co.za>
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Hello list, I recently corresponded with a person at a certain company that wrote a driver for the Marvell Yukon 88E8050 NIC SPECIFICLY for FreeBSD. This person told me that the company is unable to release this driver at present due to lack of support staff (management decision). This person also mentioned that if enough people request this driver for FreeBSD, they will be forced to release it. Now, for me this was some good news. The bad news is that if people don't ask for it, they are not going to release it. Now, this is my request: >From what I have seen in this list there are PLENTY of people using different hardware that actually require this device driver. The FreeBSD community need it. Can you please request a FreeBSD dirver for this NIC from your board manufacturer? The more people requesting this driver, the better the chances of us getting it. Let me say it again: The FreeBSD driver is in existance, we must just request it so that is can be released! Please do so! Thank you VERY much in advance. ---Jaco
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