From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 21 16:29:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 945DB16A418 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:29:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cs@wa-sp.com) Received: from webmail1.b-one.net (webmail1.b-one.net [195.47.247.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5618E13C468 for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:29:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cs@wa-sp.com) Received: from webmail01.one.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by webmail1.b-one.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3364C1A28A for ; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:56:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from 81.235.28.80 (SquirrelMail authenticated user cs@wa-sp.com) by webmail01.one.com with HTTP; Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:56:21 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <62193.81.235.28.80.1200930981.squirrel@webmail01.one.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:56:21 +0100 (CET) From: cs@wa-sp.com To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.10a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Dell XPS 1530 - Network card issue - Marvell 88E8040 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:29:29 -0000 Hi, It appears as if the Marvell 88E8040 is not yet supported by FreeBSD and specifically the msk(4) driver. I would just like to know if there are any plans on adding support for the above mentioned NIC. Normally I wouldn't even bother asking, and just shrug and say, tough luck they don't support it... next distribution. Thing is, I really, really like FreeBSD. I'm kind of a GNU/Linux guy, but I've never managed to settle for a distribution and have moved from one to another, never quite finding something that works with me, and not against me. Then I tried FreeBSD, actually I just read much of the available documentation and I was "converted". _THIS_ is how documentation should be written; clear, concise, to the point and most of all, USEFUL! Thank you! So, my point is that I really want this to work out. I'm willing to give as much time as necessary to get this driver working. Whether it's just a little Device_ID change in the source, I don't know. However, if anyone is up for helping me getting this to work, I'll provide whatever information I can. Many thanks, and keep up the fantastic work on the FreeBSD operating system. Regards, Christoffer Strömblad PS: I've tried 7.0-RC1 and FreeBSD 6.3, no luck.