From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 06:06:50 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 324A81065672 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:06:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9BD98FC18 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so399361rvf.43 for ; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:06:49 -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=8AxgKNgQ+Y27SaTFSqcsvePnaAcD7yo0bZjOZZi/TbM=; b=BHpTPMzoUgP5c+xTRRyDIpafLTXBnC4Vs0klj1G+oNC3b3IjMZ1tshCNCU+Zazv8wR 6VEeMADIHoG4mwXS1fkyRBnm1gfU4zo/AsQfU2OZU6ENnfl3Fy0Yy5rkR5NKaQzrriXI BORm9RCAgAKMLsPMDeavobFGc4DLz7EpnGSEY= 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=Re6uMBXNVCeclwO4BcNEoVeCOK+buDg6v0vEmq28m3j9zLPFgcES/rGf0HH00Lbcbq cRLENquePzrgN6EC6uN3Ih//OA4h/y06qX6whm9eGDTpkIMbfvoHSigYqV5AgYgI09tz 9ELOrCfdX6z75fPiFbQlH3Abrcbyw11Fd0e9c= Received: by 10.140.203.9 with SMTP id a9mr6309461rvg.288.1220594809395; Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:06:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l31sm18930213rvb.2.2008.09.04.23.06.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:06:48 -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 m8566hgx066659 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:06:43 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id m8566gU5066658; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:06:42 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:06:42 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Jeremy Chadwick Message-ID: <20080905060642.GF65464@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> <20080905053455.GD65464@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20080905055423.GA37775@icarus.home.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080905055423.GA37775@icarus.home.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Peter Jeremy , Dan Allen , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, Gavin Atkinson 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 06:06:50 -0000 On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 10:54:23PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 02:34:55PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > 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. :-( > > Yong-Hyeon, > :-) > I can purchase and send you a Marvel 88E8040 NIC, assuming we can find a > PCI or PCIe card somewhere that uses one. Otherwise, I could purchase a > motherboard which uses the IC and send that to you. > I failed to find a standalone PCI/PCIe NIC based on 88E8040 controller in local store. > Let me know if this would be of any help! > Having a hardware surely helps a lot! -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon