Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 00:51:28 -0700 From: Nick Triantos <nick-gmane@triantos.com> To: Nick Triantos <nick-gmane@triantos.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Alviso (Intel i915) chipset networking? Message-ID: <42772D80.2000207@triantos.com> In-Reply-To: <42630AB0.2090500@triantos.com> References: <d3uqbn$vnt$2@sea.gmane.org> <4262F8D4.2040205@daleco.biz> <42630AB0.2090500@triantos.com>
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Anyone have any ideas? I'm still a bit stumped as to why the stock 5.3 fxp driver does not work with my Sonoma-based laptop. thanks all, -Nick Nick Triantos wrote: > D'oh, you're right, the i915 is the graphics chip (I think, technically, > it's the whole northbridge. Intel is damn unclear about what functions > are in each chip. > > The Win XP drivers list the ethernet as "Intel(R) PRO/100 VE" > PCI ID: vendor = 8086 > dev = 1068 > subsys = 81d0104d > rev = 03 > > The marketing page about this platform is here: > > http://www.intel.com/technology/itj/2005/volume09issue01/intro/p05_new_components.htm > > > though it's quite substance-free. :-| > > I'll keep hunting for what could be going wrong, but any further > pointers welcome! > > thanks all, > -Nick > > Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >> Nick Triantos wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just bought a Sony VGN-S380 laptop, which is based on >>> Intel's Sonoma platform. This includes the Intel i915 >>> chipset. I'm looking for ethernet (not wireless) drivers >>> for it, the fxp driver reluctantly loads, but doesn't >>> recognize that there's a compatible card in my system. >>> >>> >> >> Isn't the i915 the graphics chipset? What is known about >> the NIC portion of this board? What shows up in dmesg? >> >> <snip> >> >>> root# kldstat >>> Id Refs Address Size Name >>> ... >>> 4 1 0xc1f23000 8000 if_fxp.ko >>> >>> However, ifconfig does not show an interface to this >>> card (it shows lo0 and fwe0, which I think is the firewire ethernet >>> driver). >>> >> >> It is. >> >>> Any clues? It looks like a fix has been applied to the fxp driver, >>> in time for rel 5.3, that should have added alviso chip support. >>> Maybe I'm missing some other core logic driver, I really don't know. >> >> >> >> >> Hmm, what are you referring to here? >> >> IANAE, so please hang on in case someone (who likely isn't sitting >> at their desk on a Sunday afternoon) knowledgeable comes along; >> however, I see no mention of "i915" either in the manpage for fxp(4), >> nor can I grep "Alviso" or "i915" in any files under /src/sys/pci or >> /src/sys/net. Google doesn't turn up much, either. >> >> The thing is pretty new, so I'd wonder if it's supported. You can >> definitely take a look at the HCL at the website. I'll hope for your >> sake it is --- like I said, IANAE. But, I do wonder... >> >> Kevin Kinsey >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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