From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 5 09:26:35 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 6BE5C1065672 for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D5C8FC1E for ; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.27]) by QMTA03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id AxQ41a00C0b6N64A3xSbNF; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:26:35 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.253.227]) by OMTA03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id AxSa1a0014v8bD78PxSanX; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:26:34 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=GEV0ElBX9vbAlUUG-8AA:9 a=CPTLaqH4TnGmBCsh59MKDT7hvTQA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D7C3117B822; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:26:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:26:33 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Pyun YongHyeon Message-ID: <20080905092633.GA53234@icarus.home.lan> 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> <20080905060642.GF65464@cdnetworks.co.kr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080905060642.GF65464@cdnetworks.co.kr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) 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 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 09:26:35 -0000 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 |