Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 10:57:57 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel D815EEA motherboard sound and network Message-ID: <200011081857.eA8IvvF03041@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Nov 2000 15:57:10 GMT." <4453.973699030@raven.ravenbrook.com>
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> I have a new PC with an Intel D815EEA motherboard. This comes with
> onboard sound, network, and display. I have a Matrox graphics card so
> I don't care about the onboard display.
>
> The motherboard doc claims that the network is compatible with Intel
> Pro 100, so I expected it to show up as fxp0; it didn't. Archives of
> freebsd-hardware suggest this is known and unlikely to be fixed. Oh
> well. I've put a RealTek NIC in instead.
You should check the archives more closely. It is supported by the fxp
driver; should be picked up in 4.1.1 or later.
> The motherboard doc also claims that the sound is compatible with
> SoundBlaster PCI 128. I've never used sound under FreeBSD, so I'm a
> bit of a novice here. Can someone advise me what I need in my kernel
> config to drive this? I've tried a couple of things (pcm, snd) with
> no visible effect on the dmesg.
I don't think this is the case; there's support for the ICH2 in the
pipeline though.
> Here's a verbose boot with GENERIC. Note also the "Bad PnP BIOS data
> checksum" message.
You gotta love Intel for that one. Don't worry about it too much.
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