Re: FreeBSD on Asus EEE PC

Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 10:26:06PM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote:
>  > Kip Macy wrote:
>  > > Do you know what network chip it uses?
>  > 
>  > Not exactly, but apparently it's very well supported under Linux and
>  > Windows since Google doesn't find anything useful on the topic.
>  > 
>  > I found this in the Linux drivers' source code:
>  > 
>  >  * Copyright(c) 2007 Atheros Corporation. All rights reserved.
>  >  * Copyright(c) 2006 xiong huang <xiong.huang_at_atheros.com>
>  >  *
>  >  * Derived from Intel e1000 driver
>  >  * Copyright(c) 1999 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
>  > 
>  > The Linux driver is here:
>  > 
>  > http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=Eee%20PC%204G(701)&type=map&mapindex=8
>  > (atl2_1.0.40.4-4.tar.gz)
>  > 
>  > I don't have the device anymore but will probably have it in a few weeks.
>  > 
> 
> AFAIK kevlo_at_(Kevin Lo) is working on Attansic L1. Not sure his driver
> also supports fast ethernet version(Attansic F2). I don't know current
> status of the driver but it seems that he has a working driver.
> Btw, you can also use a NDIS mini port driver until native driver hits
> tree.

Yes, I worked on Attansic L1 driver which was based on Linux atl1
driver. 
I sent my patch to Alex Lukin four months ago:

http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/hackers/2007-09/msg00081.html

Don't know whether he is still working on it or not. If not, I'll finish
it :-)

	Kevin