Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:15:39 +0800 From: "Mars G. Miro" <marsgmiro@gmail.com> To: "LI Xin" <delphij@delphij.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Marvell 8053 support? Message-ID: <28edec3c0701090815q13fbe625ydc5274433f39d04d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <28edec3c0701090758l24c32e48m3375cc34a03529be@mail.gmail.com> References: <28edec3c0701090319i2d4f90d1kcc38bd5b02fd6ff7@mail.gmail.com> <45A385EC.6030404@delphij.net> <28edec3c0701090758l24c32e48m3375cc34a03529be@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/9/07, Mars G. Miro <marsgmiro@gmail.com> wrote: > On 1/9/07, LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> wrote: > > Mars G. Miro wrote: > > > Greetz! > > > > > > I happen to play w/ a newish Gigabyte mobo that has an on-board > > > Marvell 8053 GigE NIC. FreeBSD 6.2-BETA2 i386, amd64 does not seem to > > > support it. Does anyone know if this is supported? I'm currently > > > taking a look at http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/msk/ , tho this > > > NIC isnt mentioned there at all. > > > > A quick glance at msk(4) on -CURRENT shows that 88E8053 is supposed to > > work with it. Unfortunately it seems that it needs some KPIs that is > > only present in -HEAD so backporting is not trivial. > > > > hmmm... downloading CURRENT snapshots now.. lesse if this works... The > mobo is one of those 'solid-capacitor' mobos (just mentioned on /.) > from Gigabyte > http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2295&ProductName=GA-965P-DQ6 > :Not sure if the snapshot contained the changes, though... IIRC the :January snapshot is not released yet? I'll take a stab at the ia64 ISO at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200701/ tomorrow when da download finishes ... I'm also downloading da Nov 2006 i386/amd64 snapshots and plug in a separate NIC to update to -CURRENT just in case da ia64 ISO dont work. Thanks . :Cheers, :-- :Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ :FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! > Thanks ;-) > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ > > FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! > > > > > > > > cheers mars
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