From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 3 07:51:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBDBF16A4CE for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 07:51:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp812.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp812.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 53F9143D82 for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 07:51:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nick-gmane@triantos.com) Received: from unknown (HELO triantos.com) (nicktriantos@sbcglobal.net@66.126.225.216 with login) by smtp812.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 May 2005 07:51:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 71977 invoked by uid 1001); 3 May 2005 07:54:00 -0000 Received: from yoonicks-xp.triantos.com (192.168.0.1) by bsd.triantos.com (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 May 2005 00:53:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <42772D80.2000207@triantos.com> Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 00:51:28 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: gmane.os.freebsd.questions To: Nick Triantos References: <4262F8D4.2040205@daleco.biz> <42630AB0.2090500@triantos.com> In-Reply-To: <42630AB0.2090500@triantos.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.0.3 (Seattle Slew) From: Nick Triantos cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Alviso (Intel i915) chipset networking? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 07:51:10 -0000 Anyone have any ideas? I'm still a bit stumped as to why the stock 5.3 fxp driver does not work with my Sonoma-based laptop. thanks all, -Nick Nick Triantos wrote: > D'oh, you're right, the i915 is the graphics chip (I think, technically, > it's the whole northbridge. Intel is damn unclear about what functions > are in each chip. > > The Win XP drivers list the ethernet as "Intel(R) PRO/100 VE" > PCI ID: vendor = 8086 > dev = 1068 > subsys = 81d0104d > rev = 03 > > The marketing page about this platform is here: > > http://www.intel.com/technology/itj/2005/volume09issue01/intro/p05_new_components.htm > > > though it's quite substance-free. :-| > > I'll keep hunting for what could be going wrong, but any further > pointers welcome! > > thanks all, > -Nick > > Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >> Nick Triantos wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just bought a Sony VGN-S380 laptop, which is based on >>> Intel's Sonoma platform. This includes the Intel i915 >>> chipset. I'm looking for ethernet (not wireless) drivers >>> for it, the fxp driver reluctantly loads, but doesn't >>> recognize that there's a compatible card in my system. >>> >>> >> >> Isn't the i915 the graphics chipset? What is known about >> the NIC portion of this board? What shows up in dmesg? >> >> >> >>> root# kldstat >>> Id Refs Address Size Name >>> ... >>> 4 1 0xc1f23000 8000 if_fxp.ko >>> >>> However, ifconfig does not show an interface to this >>> card (it shows lo0 and fwe0, which I think is the firewire ethernet >>> driver). >>> >> >> It is. >> >>> Any clues? It looks like a fix has been applied to the fxp driver, >>> in time for rel 5.3, that should have added alviso chip support. >>> Maybe I'm missing some other core logic driver, I really don't know. >> >> >> >> >> Hmm, what are you referring to here? >> >> IANAE, so please hang on in case someone (who likely isn't sitting >> at their desk on a Sunday afternoon) knowledgeable comes along; >> however, I see no mention of "i915" either in the manpage for fxp(4), >> nor can I grep "Alviso" or "i915" in any files under /src/sys/pci or >> /src/sys/net. Google doesn't turn up much, either. >> >> The thing is pretty new, so I'd wonder if it's supported. You can >> definitely take a look at the HCL at the website. I'll hope for your >> sake it is --- like I said, IANAE. But, I do wonder... >> >> Kevin Kinsey >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >