From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 19 04:48:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D37FD16A419; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:48:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gad@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp6.server.rpi.edu (smtp6.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AC5613C4E3; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:48:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gad@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp6.server.rpi.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m0J3fToT021926; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:41:30 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20080102141419.GB61289@sandvine.com> References: <972994690801011020u60ed0a0et6d8356cdb1f6f974@mail.gmail.com> <20080102141419.GB61289@sandvine.com> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:41:28 -0500 To: Ed Maste , James Jeffery From: Garance A Drosehn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam scanning disabled X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.113.2.226 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:48:44 -0000 At 9:14 AM -0500 1/2/08, Ed Maste wrote: >On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 06:20:22PM +0000, James Jeffery wrote: > >> Before i end the toipic, anyone got any feeback on the Asus Eee (mini >> laptops) with FreeBSD? > >It works, but no drivers exist for the wireless or wired Ethernet ports. >The wireless is a newer Atheros part and ath(4) should gain support for >it, but I have no idea what the timeline will be. The wired Ethernet >is an Atheros (formerly Attansic) L2 10/100, and I'm not aware of any >concrete plans for a driver for it. > >I've used a Linksys USB200M USB ethernet (axe(4) driver) with mine and >that works well. One of the guys I know is running FreeBSD on the Eee, and has written up the following information for anyone who is interested in doing what he did: http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD This includes tips on how to get the wireless working, and sound, and some oddities with how X11 works. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosehn@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA