Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:25:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com> To: dirkx@webweaving.org (Dirk-Willem van Gulik) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB hub + Ethernet (Entrega 3U1E) Message-ID: <199908111525.IAA19908@whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908111115070.13706-100000@kim.ispra.webweaving.org> from Dirk-Willem van Gulik at "Aug 11, 99 11:19:23 am"
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Dirk-Willem van Gulik writes: | On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Annelise Anderson wrote: | > This usb hub with built-in ethernet works fine in Windows98 | > on my Sony VAIO C1X (thus, no pccard needed for ethernet access) | > and is "found" by FreeBSD but I assume there's no driver for the | > ethernet connection (or the floppy). | | > I'm just curious whether there is likely to be support | > for this sort of thing or whether it requires the cooperation of | > Entrega in providing information, or what. | | Have a look at the USB effort; www.etla.net/~n_hibma/usb. | | There are some points there which might be of help. Do you have any idea | as to what is inside the unit ? If it looks like the other Entrega unit's | you might want to ask around on the maining list there. Hmm, I wonder if they use an Anchor core to drive the ethernet. I forget but someone made a device with an 8051 & ethernet chip. Annelise, why don't you try popping the thing open and read off the chip numbers. I can finally build Anchor firmware reliably by netbooting DOS off my laptop and mounting the Anchor tree via smb. Now on to proving I can talk to it. Doug A. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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