Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:26:33 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, Dan Allen <danallen46@airwired.net>, Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 1525 Hardware Message-ID: <20080905092633.GA53234@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20080905060642.GF65464@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <35445338-D597-4FE2-996F-DEC7BE986741@airwired.net> <20080903191454.GA15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <E7F933AF-2D8A-462C-A44B-A140BB88C3DD@airwired.net> <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> <20080905060642.GF65464@cdnetworks.co.kr>
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On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 03:06:42PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > 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: > > > > 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. :-( > > > 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. I'll look around, and if I can't find anything, contact Marvell asking which of their clients use their 88E8040 in standalone PCI/PCIe NICs. If push comes to shove, I'll pick up a motherboard that has the 88E8040 on it and ship it to you free of cost. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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