Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 21:47:29 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: pyunyh@gmail.com Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, yongari@freebsd.org Subject: Re: supporting AR8161/8165 Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmvGaGqts7dN7Xsr_SJoLkDaT7csEv7_Qcs%2BqxtK6gHVg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130102012604.GA6382@michelle.cdnetworks.com> References: <CAF6rxg=6EeaXBwj57xjHEs7mM20DV3uWWPxos2Mz-=bWjoBwVA@mail.gmail.com> <20130102012604.GA6382@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
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On 1 January 2013 20:26, YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2013 at 12:29:29PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote: >> Hey, >> >> Are there any plans to support the AR8161/8165 chipset? >> [ none2@pci=E2=80=A6 class=3D0x02000 card=3D0x397917aa chip=3D0x10911969= rev=3D0x08 hdr=3D0x00 ] >> > This decision made QAC to overhaul Linux driver > (alx) to follow Linux's decision and their priority was to get a > stable Linux driver. It was long time ago and I don't know current > status. :( > QAC already donated a couple of engineering samples so I guess it > wouldn't take a long time for me to write a driver for > AR816x/AR817x but I still have mixed feelings about writing a > driver at this moment. Why the mixed feelings? The more hardware we support out of the box the more likely it is that users will stick with FreeBSD. If I could tell people that "yes, this laptop completely works with FreeBSD" that would be awesome. --=20 Eitan Adler
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