From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 6 03:43:31 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 0B18C1065675 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 03:43:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C6D18FC17 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 03:43:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.11]) by QMTA06.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BDyv1a01E0EZKEL56FjVJN; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:43:29 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.253.227]) by OMTA01.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id BFjT1a00G4v8bD73MFjUnA; Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:43:29 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=-yb-LGygS6l8jHFI5Z8A:9 a=akxO4LCtaoROwQjcKwcgTPGQcRMA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A167A17B81A; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:43:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:43:27 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Pyun YongHyeon Message-ID: <20080906034327.GA74236@icarus.home.lan> References: <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> <20080905092633.GA53234@icarus.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080905092633.GA53234@icarus.home.lan> 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: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:43:31 -0000 On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 02:26:33AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > 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. I cannot find a single PCI/PCIe card that uses the 88E8040. There do not appear to be any consumer motherboards that use the 88E8040 either. I haven't mailed Marvell yet, but I doubt they'd disclose to me a list of their customers who purchase said chip. The only product I can find on the market which uses this chip are a two Dell laptops: the Inspiron 1525 and the XPS M1530. The Inspiron 1525 is approximately US$499, and the XPS M1530 is approximately US$1000. Both of these are quite expensive, so purchasing one solely for this project would put a pretty large hole in my pocket. Ironically, I just bought an Inspiron 1525 for a friend of mine's son as a birthday gift, so I do have access to one indirectly, and can probably borrow it for a day or two if need be. It lacks a serial port, so I'd have to buy a USB serial adapter for serial console if remote console was needed. All of this seems like a lot of work/hassle, when possibly someone with one of these laptops could hook it up (wirelessly) and provide Yong-Hyeon with remote + root access, while leaving it on/plugged in for a few days. Otherwise, if push comes to shove, I can ask my friend's son if I can borrow the laptop for a weekend and provide Yong-Hyeon access to it. -- | 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 |