From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 05:35:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A88E1065676 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 05:35:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F95C8FC0A for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 05:35:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so388521rvf.43 for ; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:35:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=R6WHLNqcoR1CWic1i70mSoC331mDvZRF0zCDAmuyBzc=; b=vXKKy3FC1oml/yB+0+66OUiAxKjK8df4J70dfd/2NEQH4On3djrj0sqQ38Ulu9LF1m diSKWl5e0ZLxMwAal/ECnMUZboiExqx3SCqhjd2uiGHgvIBybyYiEEYlzW4YZcjRw+I0 hu3dXVaG7nuvX7WfumWc6qIX6mO/4ZQQ9Y6ks= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=gMpKzhOKKLYE0udAxBcVz2+GvzOfI8XOL4g9dmnkQMCMwkW9Ryfp+zOyhykt+Amik2 AuzxCrmN9GUExjxWGKJZ7sdQInNK0+qpgLkPNo02Iih4UTSXR8B4RS+ia5IOBR54mnzg qKxCw+VMoDfsTHWZmu2iletUmDzm5zj2Z4XFE= Received: by 10.141.113.6 with SMTP id q6mr6323224rvm.135.1220592905053; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:35:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l31sm18873521rvb.2.2008.09.04.22.35.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:35:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id m855YvLn066529 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:34:57 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id m855Yt4N066528; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:34:55 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:34:55 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith Message-ID: <20080905053455.GD65464@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <1220545795.94705.15.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <49B92D81-74EC-4BAB-BEEC-EC4DCFF5E336@airwired.net> <1220550536.94705.18.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <48C02768.1080207@math.missouri.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48C02768.1080207@math.missouri.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Peter Jeremy , Dan Allen , Gavin Atkinson , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 1525 Hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:35:06 -0000 On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 01:22:32PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > Gavin Atkinson wrote: > >On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 11:32 -0600, Dan Allen wrote: > >>On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:29 AM, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > >> > >>>This is supported by the iwn(4) driver in CURRENT, and it should be > >>>quite easy to port the driver to 7-STABLE. If you're interested in > >>>reinstalling FreeBSD and testing a backported driver, I'm sure this > >>>can be sorted. > >>I am interested in doing this. Please advise on how I can get these > >>bits. > > > >I've got hold of a laptop with the 4965 chipset in it, if nobody beats > >me to it I'll have a go at backporting the driver. > > I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with the intel wireless ethernet. > > The iwn driver in CURRENT works well. > > The http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/msk/msk.88E8040.patch patch for > the 88E8040 simply doesn't work. It is not because of lack of testing > (which I have performed for Pyun who wrote the patch), but apparently > because of lack of reliable documentation. There is a driver for Another problem is lack of hardware. 88E8040 seems to be intialized after applying the patch but link establishment seem to fail. :-( > FreeBSD on the Marvell web site, which did work for me, but I am told it > is unreliable. > > I also have had a hard time getting the sound to work. The oss port > does work, but has a habit of freezing up. -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon