From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 04:01:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD3401065672 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:01:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14368FC1B for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:01:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so1655138rvf.43 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:01:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=/tIAtnyd72ibjpci9/f13bTxIqsDbZpCsTcseb0wKQo=; b=bc1tWQtfQ1F/Xxn92Bgf11ZJbFvV3NMUAzVXbQ5CgzjeT78ul6ZfjDMkf+rLRUS0ok FCjYSgEImi1IuwTiM9QKrcbaZ3fFFr1tIb3jnhFwvC9E8kIIABPMfyQ3YRhDvFzmyc3o yUqszVU9JzPcPetRBfwVgYcHdDP6+lAeFTGbs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=SkZNv/AJGczaczQkThekMYdg6o9uGIoNvX34NjH0WIPiTV+yHdGPfqFA7Csl53lLMY H5ZrNQZWjPqjvuKRGaeXbY1EsmshXp5ZH3gNnypoPMw4vw6rLy4Fyx1Y+BT9CZ+3r6aR /Qsfmi6ny9w1HRhApA7hRSXTuiixS/bgF9oOM= Received: by 10.141.180.5 with SMTP id h5mr1345415rvp.281.1229140913620; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:01:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ([211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k2sm7214917rvb.8.2008.12.12.20.01.50 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:01:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id mBD41kpb052072 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:01:46 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id mBD41jwS052071; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:01:45 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:01:45 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Mam Ruoc Message-ID: <20081213040145.GE51320@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <4d591a210811281220o7bdd420uafec124fc7e770a8@mail.gmail.com> <20081129065950.GG99324@cdnetworks.co.kr> <494199E2.5050806@gmail.com> <20081212015842.GH46707@cdnetworks.co.kr> <4941C6BF.4080809@gmail.com> <20081212021549.GJ46707@cdnetworks.co.kr> <49429CEB.60607@gmail.com> <20081213015622.GD51320@cdnetworks.co.kr> <494325FF.9040006@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <494325FF.9040006@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vge driver does not work on a VIA EPIA EN12000EG X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:01:54 -0000 On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 04:03:27AM +0100, Mam Ruoc wrote: > Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > >I don't know. :-( > >As I said I no longer have working vge(4) hardware and it's hard to > >write/test driver without access to the hardware. The code you've > >tested contains changes related to MII operation mode and critical > >register configuration as well as other improvements. The driver > >still needs special handling in several edge cases and more code > >to track link state transition, interrupt moderation etc. > > Hm... > > So that means that FreeBSD from 7.0 does not support this chipset's NIC? > No, vge(4) supported all known VIA velocity cotrollers when it was written. Newer revisions of controller seem to require some special handling and the datasheet for recent controllers are not available to open source devlopers. > I have to go for another *unix then. > I don't know how well other open source OSes support VIA velocity controllers but the situation would be roughly same. For instance I don't see any special code for newer controllers in Linux. YMMV. > Thank you for your help anyway, hope the problem get solved sometime in > the future. > Yeah, I hope so and thanks for testing! -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon