I installed FreeBSD 7.2 on my new Acer Aspire 7530, but I couldn't get networking working. It has Atheros AR5B91 (chip 0x002a168, AR9280?) and Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet. I googled around about that Broadcom chip and it seems to me that it is BCM5764. 7.2 didn't recognise any of those two.
Then I tried 8.0-RC2. It boots fine, seems to recognise AR5B91. Didn't see anything pointing to the Broadcom chip, but I'm not sure. The problem is now that 8.0-RC2 doesn't find my CD/DVD drive. The drive is HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N.
Any hints how can I get this working?
Then I tried 8.0-RC2. It boots fine, seems to recognise AR5B91. Didn't see anything pointing to the Broadcom chip, but I'm not sure. The problem is now that 8.0-RC2 doesn't find my CD/DVD drive. The drive is HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N.
Any hints how can I get this working?