On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 05:14:55AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2008-Sep-03 10:36:11 -0600, Dan Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Also, and I am sure I am not the only one with one of these, my new > >$500 Dell Inspiron 1525 is not supported well by BSD RELENG_7: the > >Intel 4965 wireless and the Marvell 88E80xx Ethernet are both NOT > >supported so I have a great new laptop which cannot connect to the > >outside world with BSD. :-( Ubuntu supports these and lots more. > > Your patches to add support for the i4965 and your Marvell 88E80xx > must have been stripped by the mailing list software. Can you please > re-send them. > > WiFi chip support is very hit-and-miss. Vendors won't release > programming information because of regulatory issues and this makes > supporting them very difficult. Have you tried using ndis?
I installed the June snapshot of -current on my laptop and it supports my Intel 4965 just fine. Support for this card is out there and does work, just not in RELENG_7. -- WXS _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
