Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:58:25 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content Message-ID: <20080903195825.GC28299@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 05:14:55AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2008-Sep-03 10:36:11 -0600, Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net> wrote: > >Also, and I am sure I am not the only one with one of these, my new > >$500 Dell Inspiron 1525 is not supported well by BSD RELENG_7: the > >Intel 4965 wireless and the Marvell 88E80xx Ethernet are both NOT > >supported so I have a great new laptop which cannot connect to the > >outside world with BSD. :-( Ubuntu supports these and lots more. > > Your patches to add support for the i4965 and your Marvell 88E80xx > must have been stripped by the mailing list software. Can you please > re-send them. > > WiFi chip support is very hit-and-miss. Vendors won't release > programming information because of regulatory issues and this makes > supporting them very difficult. Have you tried using ndis? I installed the June snapshot of -current on my laptop and it supports my Intel 4965 just fine. Support for this card is out there and does work, just not in RELENG_7. -- WXS
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