Subject: Re: Netgear WG511 drivers help - msg#00060

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Re: sil3114 versus sil3114a

On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 09:15:35AM -0400, Gary D. Margiotta wrote: > On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Vladimir Konrad wrote: > > >>if you are planning to use the Sil3114 in a raid, I don't recommend it. > >>I've > >>been using it a while, but FreeBSD doesn't support the raid that you > >>create > >>using the bios. Thus, if you're planning to do a dual boot (ie. Windows), > >>it's a bad idea because you can't use the raid features then. Besides, > >>I've > >>noticed (from using it myself for half a year), that it's stability isn't > >>really that good. > >i am not planning using a raid in bios/harware, but raid5 using vinum. > > > >so the sil3114 raid is flaky but no raid sata channels are stable? > > > >also, are sil3114 and sil3114a both supported? (the one i am thinking of > >using is sil3114a). > > > >>What I propose is to check whether the motherboard has some other raid > >>controller (i.e. for a NForce4 motherboard, the Nvidia Raid) that is > >>supported and use that one. > > > >this is not on-board chip set but an add-on PCI card (4 port serial > >ata). basically, i need 4 serial ata ports in an older intel machine and > >could not find info on a 4 port non-raid sata card supported by FreeBSD. > >The one i found uses the sil3114a chip set. > > > >>If, on the other hand, you don't need raid features, it should work > >>without > >>problems. > > > >with the sil3114a chip? > > > >vlad > > > >ps: i know that the description of the chip set is only different by the > >letter "a" but in principle the hardware could differ significantly. > > The Silicon Image controllers are some of the worst out there, according > to our ATA maintainer, and I have stayed clear of them because of this. > If I were you, I would as well, as if the hardware is already marginally > supported, it can most likely only get worse. You're confusing the 3114 with the 3112. I don't recall any 3114 issues. They are entierly different beasts. The big problem here is that the 3112 is "value" hardware where apparent functionality under Windows at the lowest possible price is far more important than actually writing your bits to the disk correctly so people keep building cards around cheap, bad hardware. :( -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 pgp7cfzMt8O4J.pgp Description: PGP signature

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Re: Netgear WG511 drivers help

> Suken Woo Wrote: > > >> lists: > >> the Netgear WG511 dosen't support on freebsd and ndis wrapper doesn't > >> work either > >> anybody could give any help?? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-mobile@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx" > >> > >> > > Did your Netgear WG511 say 'Atheros' on its packaging? > > what does pciconf -lv say about it? > > > > I have a WG511T and it works fine its a Atheros. > > > > Mike > > > > > the WG511 useing the difference chip set i though. and here's my > pciconfig -lv lists: > none1@pci3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x4e001385 chip=0x1faa11ab rev=0x03 > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > and some dmesgs: > cardbus0: Resource not specified in CIS: id=14, size=10000 > cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > > BTW,my card's type is WG511 v2. I have the following: none7@pci1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x1faa11ab chip=0x1faa11ab rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)' class = network subclass = ethernet This is a Marvell 8335 card, and it works with the latest incarnation of Project Evil in -current: ndis0: <Marvell Libertas 802.11b/g Wireless (8335)> mem 0x88010000-0x8801ffff,0x88020000-0x8802ffff irq 9 at device 0.0 on cardbus0 ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1 Note however that I've been experiencing a peculiar problem with my particular card and laptop. The card is a no-name brand ("Mentor"), and I'm using it in my Sony Vaio Picturebook laptop. For the most part it works ok: I can initialize it, get it to associate, I can even do WPA2 with it using wpa_supplicant. The only problem is that after it's been running for a while (usually several hours, though sometimes sooner), the laptop will freeze up. Typically when it happens, one of the LEDs on the card will be flashing, which I think means it's become disassociated or the re-keying interval has expired. Sadly, since the whole laptop wedges up completely, I have no clue what's causing the problem. I haven't noticed the same problem when testing the same card with my Soekris board at home, and I don't have another laptop or card to test it with, so I'm at a bit of a loss. I've tried everything I can think of to try and get the laptop to cough up some useful info but with no joy. The fact that I can only get it to crash maybe once or twice a day doesn't help. I suspect the issue is related to WPA2 somehow, so if you're not going to use that, you may not notice any problems. Give it a try and see what happens. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu wpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | Wind River Systems ============================================================================= <adamw> you're just BEGGING to face the moose ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"

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Netgear WG511 drivers help

lists: the Netgear WG511 dosen't support on freebsd and ndis wrapper doesn't work either anybody could give any help?? _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"

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Re: Netgear WG511 drivers help

> Suken Woo Wrote: > > >> lists: > >> the Netgear WG511 dosen't support on freebsd and ndis wrapper doesn't > >> work either > >> anybody could give any help?? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-mobile@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx" > >> > >> > > Did your Netgear WG511 say 'Atheros' on its packaging? > > what does pciconf -lv say about it? > > > > I have a WG511T and it works fine its a Atheros. > > > > Mike > > > > > the WG511 useing the difference chip set i though. and here's my > pciconfig -lv lists: > none1@pci3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x4e001385 chip=0x1faa11ab rev=0x03 > hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > and some dmesgs: > cardbus0: Resource not specified in CIS: id=14, size=10000 > cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > > BTW,my card's type is WG511 v2. I have the following: none7@pci1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x1faa11ab chip=0x1faa11ab rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)' class = network subclass = ethernet This is a Marvell 8335 card, and it works with the latest incarnation of Project Evil in -current: ndis0: <Marvell Libertas 802.11b/g Wireless (8335)> mem 0x88010000-0x8801ffff,0x88020000-0x8802ffff irq 9 at device 0.0 on cardbus0 ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1 Note however that I've been experiencing a peculiar problem with my particular card and laptop. The card is a no-name brand ("Mentor"), and I'm using it in my Sony Vaio Picturebook laptop. For the most part it works ok: I can initialize it, get it to associate, I can even do WPA2 with it using wpa_supplicant. The only problem is that after it's been running for a while (usually several hours, though sometimes sooner), the laptop will freeze up. Typically when it happens, one of the LEDs on the card will be flashing, which I think means it's become disassociated or the re-keying interval has expired. Sadly, since the whole laptop wedges up completely, I have no clue what's causing the problem. I haven't noticed the same problem when testing the same card with my Soekris board at home, and I don't have another laptop or card to test it with, so I'm at a bit of a loss. I've tried everything I can think of to try and get the laptop to cough up some useful info but with no joy. The fact that I can only get it to crash maybe once or twice a day doesn't help. I suspect the issue is related to WPA2 somehow, so if you're not going to use that, you may not notice any problems. Give it a try and see what happens. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu wpaul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | Wind River Systems ============================================================================= <adamw> you're just BEGGING to face the moose ============================================================================= _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"