LG combo drive and Attansic Technology ethernet card on Asus P5Q Pro

[Pyun YongHyeon]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 03:58:28AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
 > On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 05:22:57PM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
 > > On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 04:18:48PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
 > >  > On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 06:32:20PM +0200, Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote:
 > > 
 > > [...]
 > > 
 > >  > 
 > >  > > On an unrelated topic, does anybody know whether the network card
 > >  > > Attansic Technology on Asus P5Q Pro motherboard is compatible with
 > >  > > FreeBSD?
 > >  > 
 > >  > Asus was somewhat vague as to what model of Attansic/Atheros IC they
 > >  > used on the P5Q series.  I have one of these boards, so I can assure
 > >  > you it's an Attansic L1E.  It's sometimes referred to as an Atheros
 > >  > AR8121, AR8113, or AR8114.
 > >  > 
 > >  > FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE has support for this NIC; age(4) is the driver.
 > >  > 7.0 will very likely not support this NIC.
 > >  > 
 > > 
 > > If the controller is AR8121/AR8113 PCI-E adapters(also known as 
 > > L1E) there is no working driver for FreeBSD. Because the controller
 > > is quite different from its predecessor L1, new driver should be
 > > written for the controller.
 > > It's not feasible for me to write the driver until I can actually
 > > access the hardware. :-(
 > 
 > Wow, I was under the impression the L1 and the L1E were identical,
 > except that the L1E was PCI Express-based vs. PCI-based.
 > 
 > The Attansic L1E stuff is becoming more and more common here on
 > motherboards in the States.
 > 

Correct. Newer Eee PC also seems to have the controller.

 > Yong-Hyeon, I can get you a P5Q SE motherboard and send it your way
 > (with CPU + memory as well, if need be), if you'd like.
 > 

Yeah, that would make me write a driver for L1E and I'm willing to
do that. I greatly appreciate your support.

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Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon