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[i***@netbsd.org]

I have another ASUS laptop that needs the same driver, alc0
I got a patch to work, think it was based on the openbsd driver
links to the patch are shown here.

Added that to a netbsd-5-1 kernel, after adding 4 PCIE definitions
the kernel compiles and links but booting from ALC on the 1008HA
gives read timeouts for phy register accesses.

Time for some scrutinizing, but a lot of sleep first.

-is

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[Julio Merino]

Post by i***@netbsd.org

I have another ASUS laptop that needs the same driver, alc0
I got a patch to work, think it was based on the openbsd driver
links to the patch are shown here.

Added that to a netbsd-5-1 kernel, after adding 4 PCIE definitions
the kernel compiles and links but booting from ALC on the 1008HA
gives read timeouts for phy register accesses.
Time for some scrutinizing, but a lot of sleep first.

Can any of you guys update the "NetBSD on Netbooks" page at:

http://www.netbsd.org/ports/i386/netbook.html

to include the models you mention? (the 1015 something, 1015PEM and
1008HA)?

(... or, if you don't feel like so, provide me the required details so I
can do it?)

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Post by i***@netbsd.org

I have another ASUS laptop that needs the same driver, alc0
I got a patch to work, think it was based on the openbsd driver
links to the patch are shown here.

Added that to a netbsd-5-1 kernel, after adding 4 PCIE definitions
the kernel compiles and links but booting from ALC on the 1008HA
gives read timeouts for phy register accesses.
Time for some scrutinizing, but a lot of sleep first.

   http://www.netbsd.org/ports/i386/netbook.html
to include the models you mention?  (the 1015 something, 1015PEM and
1008HA)?
(... or, if you don't feel like so, provide me the required details so I can
do it?)

we could say
Acer Aspire One Ethernet (AR8132)
Apply the patches on the mailing list, and then monkey around a lot
until it works, but I think until its in the current branch, it still
falls more under "unsuported" than "supported".
or it may be a good idea to have a third label "experimental" and then
a link to a page of updates and links to patches and things.

oh, I see the wiki links now in the comments, I can fill in a wiki
page of what worked for me, how can I get a wiki user, or should I
submit the content to a member to post on my behalf.
I'm on another laptop model asus ul50vt, not necessarily a netbook,
but it has the AR8132 network card that uses alc0.

Uhm, does it do anything more than a lot of "phy read timeout"s?
       -is

yeah it works, and is how I can email you now :)

posted some stats about my machine here, you probably received it
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2011/01/16/msg002412.html

I knew it was working when I saw if_alc0.c compiling while compiling the kernel

then when dmesg showed alc0 was the next success

I think it showed up under "infconfig -a" after that.

then when I set up my gateway and nameservers, which I still have to
do manually,
was when it worked.



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Post by i***@netbsd.org

I have another ASUS laptop that needs the same driver, alc0
I got a patch to work, think it was based on the openbsd driver
links to the patch are shown here.

Added that to a netbsd-5-1 kernel, after adding 4 PCIE definitions
the kernel compiles and links but booting from ALC on the 1008HA
gives read timeouts for phy register accesses.
Time for some scrutinizing, but a lot of sleep first.

   http://www.netbsd.org/ports/i386/netbook.html
to include the models you mention?  (the 1015 something, 1015PEM and
1008HA)?
(... or, if you don't feel like so, provide me the required details so I can
do it?)

we could say
Acer Aspire One Ethernet (AR8132)
Apply the patches on the mailing list, and then monkey around a lot
until it works, but I think until its in the current branch, it still
falls more under "unsuported" than "supported".
or it may be a good idea to have a third label "experimental" and then
a link to a page of updates and links to patches and things.

oh, I see the wiki links now in the comments, I can fill in a wiki
page of what worked for me, how can I get a wiki user, or should I
submit the content to a member to post on my behalf.

I'm on another laptop model asus ul50vt, not necessarily a netbook,
but it has the AR8132 network card that uses alc0.

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[Ignatios Souvatzis]

I have another ASUS laptop that needs the same driver, alc0
I got a patch to work, think it was based on the openbsd driver
links to the patch are shown here.
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2010/07/21/msg013891.html
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I got that pachtes working with netbsd-5-1 by adding three defines
for PCIE registers to the driver itself.

Using that, alc0 is detected, eeprom read in a way that the correct MAC
is displayed, atphy0 is detected, media capabilities are displayed.

If I try to mount alc0 as root, I get phy read and write timeouts,
however.

Regards,
-is

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Post by Ignatios Souvatzis

I have another ASUS laptop that needs the same driver, alc0
I got a patch to work, think it was based on the openbsd driver
links to the patch are shown here.
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/current-users/2010/07/21/msg013891.html
+

I got that pachtes working with netbsd-5-1 by adding three defines
for PCIE registers to the driver itself.
Using that, alc0 is detected, eeprom read in a way that the correct MAC
is displayed, atphy0 is detected, media capabilities are displayed.
If I try to mount alc0 as root, I get phy read and write timeouts,
however.
Regards,
       -is

yeah I got alc0 it to work, but it took being on a particular branch
of current at the time. I didn't modify anything just applied the
patches, to the sources. modified some other stuff about not using
modules for the fs but unrelated to the alc0 patch.

only thing it does not do is dhcp for some reason, I have to set
/etc/mygate manually and start the computer with a live ethernet cable
while it boots. otherwise it will just say "alc0: timeout" or
something like that. even if I plug a cable in after it boots it will
not detect the cable unless the cable was in and live when it booted
up.

here is my system stats, let me know if you could use any more details.

computer is a ASUS ul50vt bought sometime during 2010.

$ uname -a
NetBSD crowsnest 5.99.39 NetBSD 5.99.39 (CROWSNEST_MONO) #7: Sun Nov
14 05:59:54 EST 2010
***@crowsnest:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CROWSNEST_MONO i386

$ dmesg | grep alc0
alc0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0: Attansic/Atheros L1E Ethernet
alc0: ioapic0 pin 17
alc0: Ethernet address 48:5b:39:06:c6:55
atphy0 at alc0 phy 0: L1 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 11

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