From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 19 07:30:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBA6016A4B3 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:30:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genius.tao.org.uk (genius.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E44D43F93 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:30:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joe@genius.tao.org.uk) Received: by genius.tao.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 100) id 13C9448B6; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:30:00 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:29:59 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Steve Wilson Message-ID: <20031019142959.GA84245@genius.tao.org.uk> References: <000201c3929a$557e5f30$6500a8c0@laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000201c3929a$557e5f30$6500a8c0@laptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Speedtouch internal PCI card support X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 14:30:02 -0000 --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 10:30:04PM +0100, Steve Wilson wrote: > I have a freebsd 4.8 machine currently using an old speedtouch USB > device to connect to DSL service. >=20 > This works fine so maybe I should leave it alone .. But heyho. I have > notice that Alcatel have now brought out a PCI version of the speedtouch > and I wondered if it is supported by the freebsd driver, but cannot find > any mention of it for freebsd, quite a bit for linux which suggests it > is supported. >=20 > Anybody know, or got it working already? >=20 > Thanks There is no support for it under FreeBSD at the moment. I've got several sites connected with the usb version and that seems to be the favoured connection type. Most ISPs are happier to sell an external usb box than an internal card. If there is linux support it would probably be possible to adapt this for Freebsd but it will only happen if there's a developer with enough time and motivation to make it happen. Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj+Sn+cACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZVrgCcCr2W0CA2S8N//UsPfIhpp2kp 7VEAnA256W5FAOrGuTAqsYDD1UFYgiZb =GEss -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt--