On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 02:26:33AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 03:06:42PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 10:54:23PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 02:34:55PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 01:22:32PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith > > wrote: > > > > > The http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/msk/msk.88E8040.patch patch > > for > > > > > the 88E8040 simply doesn't work. It is not because of lack of > > testing > > > > > (which I have performed for Pyun who wrote the patch), but > > apparently > > > > > because of lack of reliable documentation. There is a driver for > > > > > > > > Another problem is lack of hardware. 88E8040 seems to be intialized > > > > after applying the patch but link establishment seem to fail. :-( > > > > > I can purchase and send you a Marvel 88E8040 NIC, assuming we can find a > > > PCI or PCIe card somewhere that uses one. Otherwise, I could purchase a > > > motherboard which uses the IC and send that to you. > > > > > > > I failed to find a standalone PCI/PCIe NIC based on 88E8040 > > controller in local store. > > I'll look around, and if I can't find anything, contact Marvell asking > which of their clients use their 88E8040 in standalone PCI/PCIe NICs. > > If push comes to shove, I'll pick up a motherboard that has the 88E8040 > on it and ship it to you free of cost.
I cannot find a single PCI/PCIe card that uses the 88E8040. There do not appear to be any consumer motherboards that use the 88E8040 either. I haven't mailed Marvell yet, but I doubt they'd disclose to me a list of their customers who purchase said chip. The only product I can find on the market which uses this chip are a two Dell laptops: the Inspiron 1525 and the XPS M1530. The Inspiron 1525 is approximately US$499, and the XPS M1530 is approximately US$1000. Both of these are quite expensive, so purchasing one solely for this project would put a pretty large hole in my pocket. Ironically, I just bought an Inspiron 1525 for a friend of mine's son as a birthday gift, so I do have access to one indirectly, and can probably borrow it for a day or two if need be. It lacks a serial port, so I'd have to buy a USB serial adapter for serial console if remote console was needed. All of this seems like a lot of work/hassle, when possibly someone with one of these laptops could hook it up (wirelessly) and provide Yong-Hyeon with remote + root access, while leaving it on/plugged in for a few days. Otherwise, if push comes to shove, I can ask my friend's son if I can borrow the laptop for a weekend and provide Yong-Hyeon access to it. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
