Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:36:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Stefan Molnar <stefan@csudsu.com> To: Donald Burr of Borg <dburr@borg-cube.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for Intel 815EM integrated Ethernet? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104261535590.592-100000@digital.csudsu.com> In-Reply-To: <20010426152546.Q36434-100000@borg-cube.com>
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Turn off PNP OS in the vaio bios, and load the agp module for X On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Donald Burr of Borg wrote: > [again, please direct replies to -hardware] > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Donald Burr of Borg wrote: > > DBoB>This machine uses the Intel 815EM integrated mobile chipset. And, like I > DBoB>mentioned before, it contains a built in 10/100 Ethernet NIC. > DBoB> > DBoB>It would be nice to be able to get the built in 10/100 Ethernet to work > DBoB>under FreeBSD. It claims to be "82557 compatible", and the Windows > DBoB>drivers identify it as a "Intel Pro/100 VE" adapter. According to the > DBoB>Intel datasheets, it is a "82562ET/82562EM Platform LAN Connect Solution". > DBoB> > DBoB>Actually, it seems that FreeBSD "almost" works with it. The fxp device > DBoB>driver seems to detect it, and FreeBSD puts up a valiant effort to get it > DBoB>configured and up and running, but this effort ultimately fails. > DBoB> > DBoB>fxp0: <Intel PLC 10/100 Ethernet> irq 9 at device 8.0 on pci1 > DBoB>fxp0: could not map memory > DBoB>device_probe_and_attach: fxp0 attach returned 6 > DBoB> > DBoB>Is there > > Ack. Brain fart. What I *meant* to say here is: > > "Is there any support, either current or planned, for this chip? Would > prefer to have support in 4.x, but if I must run CURRENT, then so be it." > > Oh yeah, one other note: The Linux equivalent of the FXP driver (in the > 2.4.x kernel) works perfectly with this chip. But, naturally, I would > much rather run FreeBSD on this machine! :) > -- > Donald Burr of Borg <dburr@borg-cube.com> | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! > WWW: http://www.borg-cube.com/ ICQ #16997506 | http://www.freebsd.org/ > P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 \----------------------------- > Phone: (805)957-9666 Present Day... Present Time! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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