From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 11:08:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB40937B401; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:08:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A652243F3F; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 11:08:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rdu57-17-158.nc.rr.com [66.57.17.158])h6SI2ApM012060; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:02:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) h6SI869u016035; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:08:09 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Aeefyu In-Reply-To: <3F254CCB.8030403@aeefyu.net> References: <3F254CCB.8030403@aeefyu.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-sqDdoH1/bECnmpNEDn09" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1059415694.710.31.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 28 Jul 2003 14:08:14 -0400 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-11.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_XIMIAN autolearn=ham version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM4401 Support for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:08:48 -0000 --=-sqDdoH1/bECnmpNEDn09 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 12:18, Aeefyu wrote: > With reference to: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=3Dfreebsd-hackers&m=3D105593188923273&w= =3D2 >=20 > i.e. Broadcom 440x NIC support for FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x (as found on=20 > latest Dell's Notebooks - mine is a 8500) >=20 > Would anyone be so kind to enlighten me on the the current status? > Last I heard of developments being made was end of June. >=20 > Anyone please? >=20 > I am willing to be a tester, if one is required. This was forwarded to me from Greg Lehey. The dcm driver works okay for me, but I had to hack it for some new bus dma changes. I have noticed a few issues of slowness with it when using it in a more "normal" sense (i.e. using it to read mail, ssh to machines, etc.). >> Duncan Barclay has a beta driver for the Broadcomm card. See >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2003-July/001109.html >> for more details. Also, I've been given a pointer to a Linux page, >> http://cabibbo.physics.wm.edu/~bryan/computer/inspiron5100.html, which >> I haven't read yet. Joe >=20 > Cheers --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-sqDdoH1/bECnmpNEDn09 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/JWaOb2iPiv4Uz4cRArtOAJ9XdlGb+kQ88Ne6yhG8WK1+GNvF+ACfQciD lRAj0lbeaawlugeYSIPpnq8= =2tBI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-sqDdoH1/bECnmpNEDn09--