Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:07:46 +1000 (EST) From: Steve Joynt <joynt@bigpond.net.au> To: Ed Satterthwaite <ehs@meer.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom 440x nic Message-ID: <20030427090230.L89804@mocha.cable.nu> In-Reply-To: <16042.45419.961129.718672@netbsd-1.ehs.meer.net> References: <16042.45419.961129.718672@netbsd-1.ehs.meer.net>
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On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Ed Satterthwaite wrote: > I don't know anything about the status of ongoing work on a BSD driver > (if any). > > I do have access to the Broadcom documentation of both the 570x > series, for which I had to write a driver, and the 440x series, but > unfortunately only under NDA as part of my regular job. I can tell > you that, contrary to conjecture at the time, the two architectures > have almost nothing in common. Aah.. that's unfortunate. From what I had read the linux drivers were fairly similar for the 440x and 570x series. > I couldn't justify the cost of a 4401 eval board to my boss (project > requires GigE), so I have no direct experience with it. OTOH, the > 440x design is relatively simple and conventional. I'd expect that > adapting a driver like dc or sis wouldn't be too hard. Broadcom did > publish the source for a GPL'd Linux 440x driver, which a web search > should find. I'll certainly have a look at this, although I haven't had that much experience with device drivers so I won't expect too much :) > For what it's worth, my guess is that the 4401/5702 option on the Asus > boards will soon be replaced by the 5705 as standard. > > Good luck. thanks, - Steve
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