From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 3 20:15:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F2AF106567B for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:15:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: from syn.atarininja.org (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 092528FC18 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:15:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: by syn.atarininja.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7A9D25C34; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:58:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:58:25 -0400 From: Wesley Shields To: Peter Jeremy Message-ID: <20080903195825.GC28299@atarininja.org> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Dan Allen , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:15:13 -0000 On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 05:14:55AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2008-Sep-03 10:36:11 -0600, Dan Allen 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