Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 03:58:28 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> Cc: Giuseppe Pagnoni <gpagnoni@gmail.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: LG combo drive and Attansic Technology ethernet card on Asus P5Q Pro Message-ID: <20081003105828.GA27057@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081003082257.GC71518@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <92056ebc0810020932w680c593er585dd865ef8af538@mail.gmail.com> <20081002231848.GA13467@icarus.home.lan> <20081003082257.GC71518@cdnetworks.co.kr>
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On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 05:22:57PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 04:18:48PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 06:32:20PM +0200, Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote: > > [...] > > > > > > On an unrelated topic, does anybody know whether the network card > > > Attansic Technology on Asus P5Q Pro motherboard is compatible with > > > FreeBSD? > > > > Asus was somewhat vague as to what model of Attansic/Atheros IC they > > used on the P5Q series. I have one of these boards, so I can assure > > you it's an Attansic L1E. It's sometimes referred to as an Atheros > > AR8121, AR8113, or AR8114. > > > > FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE has support for this NIC; age(4) is the driver. > > 7.0 will very likely not support this NIC. > > > > If the controller is AR8121/AR8113 PCI-E adapters(also known as > L1E) there is no working driver for FreeBSD. Because the controller > is quite different from its predecessor L1, new driver should be > written for the controller. > It's not feasible for me to write the driver until I can actually > access the hardware. :-( Wow, I was under the impression the L1 and the L1E were identical, except that the L1E was PCI Express-based vs. PCI-based. The Attansic L1E stuff is becoming more and more common here on motherboards in the States. Yong-Hyeon, I can get you a P5Q SE motherboard and send it your way (with CPU + memory as well, if need be), if you'd like. -- | 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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