From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 19:05:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1556E106564A for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:05:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C29FB8FC14 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2TJ5JuG086130; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:05:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id o2TJ5JoC086127; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:05:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:05:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Kaya Saman In-Reply-To: <4BB0F123.2060504@netscape.net> Message-ID: References: <4BAFA590.6070401@netscape.net> <4BB02A9D.3080904@netscape.net> <4BB0F123.2060504@netscape.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:05:19 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Marvell Yukon Driver for Hp notebook?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:05:21 -0000 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Kaya Saman wrote: > On 03/29/2010 07:20 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: >> Thanks for the response Warren!! >> >>> Does the card show up in ifconfig? >> >> No. >> >>> If not, do a 'pciconf -lv' to find out which particular hardware you have. >> >> pciconf -lv says >> >> Vendor: Marvell Semiconductor (Was Galileo Technology LTD) >> Class: Network >> Subclass: Ethernet [please don't top-post, it makes responding more work] What is needed is the line just before the Vendor, with the card and chip IDs. Then compare it against the list of cards the FreeBSD msk driver supports: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=msk&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE&format=html > Well.... I managed to go to Marvell and get the FreeBSD 7.0 x64 driver and > use my USB key to get the driver into the machine: Wait, the (binary|proprietary?) driver for FreeBSD 7.0 is almost certainly not going to work on FreeBSD 8.0. > I then installed it using the instructions provided in the README.txt file > and now I can't even boot BSD any more :-( > > I get total kernel panic with a complete system lockup. > > I'm not sure if I will be able to recover from this or if I will need a total > re-install but so far BSD seems completely hosed on my machine :-( You may be able to unload that kernel module before booting. If it's a kernel module; don't know. The one Marvell card I have in a notebook is supported by the open FreeBSD msk driver thanks to Pyun YongHyeon. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA