Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:14:18 -0700 From: Nick Triantos <nick-gmane@triantos.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Support for Alviso (Intel i915) chipset networking? Message-ID: <d3uqbn$vnt$2@sea.gmane.org>
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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.
I'm running the stock FreeBSD 5.3 system, cleanly installed. The
GENERIC kernel is still what's on there.
I see this:
root# kldload -v if_fxp
module_register: module pci/fxp already exists!
Module pci/fxp failed to register: 17
module_register: module cardbus/fxp already exists!
Module cardbus/fxp failed to register: 17
module_register: module fxp/miibus already exists!
Module fxp/miibus failed to register: 17
Loaded if_fxp, id=4
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).
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.
thanks,
-Nick
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