Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:01:24 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Nick Triantos <nick-gmane@triantos.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Alviso (Intel i915) chipset networking? Message-ID: <4262F8D4.2040205@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <d3uqbn$vnt$2@sea.gmane.org> References: <d3uqbn$vnt$2@sea.gmane.org>
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Nick Triantos wrote: > Hi, > > I just bought a Sony VGN-S380 laptop, which is based on > Intel's Sonoma platform. This includes the Intel i915 > chipset. I'm looking for ethernet (not wireless) drivers > for it, the fxp driver reluctantly loads, but doesn't > recognize that there's a compatible card in my system. > > Isn't the i915 the graphics chipset? What is known about the NIC portion of this board? What shows up in dmesg? <snip> > root# kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > ... > 4 1 0xc1f23000 8000 if_fxp.ko > > However, ifconfig does not show an interface to this > card (it shows lo0 and fwe0, which I think is the firewire ethernet > driver). > It is. > Any clues? It looks like a fix has been applied to the fxp driver, > in time for rel 5.3, that should have added alviso chip support. > Maybe I'm missing some other core logic driver, I really don't know. Hmm, what are you referring to here? IANAE, so please hang on in case someone (who likely isn't sitting at their desk on a Sunday afternoon) knowledgeable comes along; however, I see no mention of "i915" either in the manpage for fxp(4), nor can I grep "Alviso" or "i915" in any files under /src/sys/pci or /src/sys/net. Google doesn't turn up much, either. The thing is pretty new, so I'd wonder if it's supported. You can definitely take a look at the HCL at the website. I'll hope for your sake it is --- like I said, IANAE. But, I do wonder... Kevin Kinsey
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