I tried to install FreeBSD 9.0 (amd64) on a Dell Vostro 3360 but the network cards are not recognized and I would like to know if some drivers exists or will be available soon.
The following devices have no driver attached in /var/run/dmesg.boot (full file there: http://pastie.org/4531541):
Some SMB devices are not working as well, but my main concern is for the network cards (wired and wireless) for which I have the following result for
I could find from the chip number "0x10911969" that the wired interface is an Atheros AR8161. The wireless interface seems to be an AR9485 there but when I install Windows 7, Dell provides its own driver "Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b".
I could not find any information on the AR8161 driver for FreeBSD. Is it supported by another driver or not at all ?
Thanks for your help.
Paco
PS: I also tried PCBSD 9.0 with the same result and opened a thread there: http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?t=17532
The following devices have no driver attached in /var/run/dmesg.boot (full file there: http://pastie.org/4531541):
Code:
41 pci0: <simple comms> at device 22.0 (no driver attached)
...
46 pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
47 pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
48 pci1: <network> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
49 pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
50 pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
51 pci2: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
...
60 pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)Some SMB devices are not working as well, but my main concern is for the network cards (wired and wireless) for which I have the following result for
# pciconf -lv (full result there: http://pastie.org/4531541):
Code:
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59 none2@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x028000 card=0x02091028 chip=0x0032168c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
60 vendor = 'Atheros Communications Inc.'
61 device = 'AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter'
62 class = network
63 none3@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x055c1028 chip=0x10911969 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00
64 vendor = 'Atheros Communications'
65 class = network
66 subclass = ethernetI could find from the chip number "0x10911969" that the wired interface is an Atheros AR8161. The wireless interface seems to be an AR9485 there but when I install Windows 7, Dell provides its own driver "Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b".
I could not find any information on the AR8161 driver for FreeBSD. Is it supported by another driver or not at all ?
Thanks for your help.
Paco
PS: I also tried PCBSD 9.0 with the same result and opened a thread there: http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?t=17532