Date: 28 Jul 2003 14:08:14 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Aeefyu <afu-subscribed-list@aeefyu.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BCM4401 Support for FreeBSD Message-ID: <1059415694.710.31.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <3F254CCB.8030403@aeefyu.net> References: <3F254CCB.8030403@aeefyu.net>
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--=-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--
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