Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:05:40 +0700 From: pirat <pirat@access.inet.co.th> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20031121020540.GA326@thai-aec.org> In-Reply-To: <20031120013737.GF22360@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20031119105914.GA20096@thai-aec.org> <20031120013737.GF22360@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Thursday, 20 November 2003 at 12:07:37 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 12:07:37 +1030 > From: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> > To: pirat <pirat@access.inet.co.th> > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD > > [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] > > Single line paragraph. > > On Wednesday, 19 November 2003 at 17:59:14 +0700, pirat wrote: > > hi sirs, > > > > i have one notebook from dell, inspiron 1100. i would like to know > > if this notebook can be used with freebsd or not. it has on board > > broadcom nic. but the current os - linux TLE - does not `see' it > > also. > > This is pretty much the same as the Inspiron 5100 I have. The onboard > NIC is supported in stable, but I had some problems starting X: the > BIOS wasn't completely mapped, and I had to compile it in to the > server. See http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-jul2003.html#25 for more > details. > i try to install 4.7-release, the available cd at hand now, to my inspiron 1100 but that release does not `see' bge card also. i also download bcm-0308252140.tar.gz after have a look at -hackers but fail to make. [bank] /sys/modules/bcm # make Warning: Object directory not changed from original /usr/src/sys/modules/bcm @ -> /usr/src/sys machine -> /usr/src/sys/i386/include perl @/kern/makeops.pl -h @/kern/device_if.m perl @/kern/makeops.pl -h @/dev/mii/miibus_if.m make: don't know how to make miidevs.h. Stop just one more asking, is driver for bcm 440x the same as for bcm 570x ? tia -- with best regards, psr http://www.thai-aec.org http://www.thai.net/makham
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