From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 09:16:36 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 1508816A417 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-09.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-09.bluehost.com [69.89.17.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DD15A13C461 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:16:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 25798 invoked by uid 0); 3 Jan 2008 09:16:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2008 09:16:35 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JAMBn-00073D-A0 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:16:35 -0700 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m039GXLf020344 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 02:16:33 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m039GWR1020343 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 02:16:32 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 02:16:32 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080103091632.GB18144@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <972994690801011020u60ed0a0et6d8356cdb1f6f974@mail.gmail.com> <20080102141419.GB61289@sandvine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080102141419.GB61289@sandvine.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} 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: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:16:36 -0000 On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:14:19AM -0500, 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. Do you happen to know how well it's supported with the other major BSD Unix systems (Open- and Net-)? -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] John W. Russell: "People point. Sometimes that's just easier. They also use words. Sometimes that's just easier. For the same reasons that pointing has not made words obsolete, there will always be command lines."