docs/94125: DGE-530T doesn't work on FreeBSD v6.0

[Arthur Hartwig]

>Number:         94125
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       DGE-530T doesn't work on FreeBSD v6.0
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
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>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 06 06:20:03 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Arthur Hartwig
>Release:        v6.0
>Organization:
Nokia
>Environment:
FreeBSD oz-net-13.nes.nokia.com 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 31 14:47:03 EST 2006     dplasto at oz-net-13.nes.nokia.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NEW  i386

>Description:
I bought a D-Link DGE-530T because the documentation (http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html) said it was supported and supported by the sk driver. (Not that I really cared which driver supported it.)

However my DGE-530T is unrecognised by the sk driver. The PCI vendor id of the DGE-530T I have is 0x1186 (D-Link) and the device id is 0x4b01 whereas the sk driver expects the device id of the DGE-530T to be 0x4c00.

The cardboard box my DGE-530T came in said "H/W Ver: B1" Perhaps the H/W Ver could be used to distinguish "supported" DGE-530Ts from unsupported DGE-530Ts.

D-Link seem to acquired a bit of a reputation in the Linux wireless world (see e.g. section 4 of http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.usage.html ) of using a variety of chip types in products with the same model number, making it quite difficult to identify a device that is really supported. Perhaps they have adopted the same unfortunate practice with their LAN cards.

The sk man page also says the D-Link DGE-530T is supported by the sk driver, without making any mention that not all DGE-530-Ts have the same chip and therefore not all DGE-530Ts are supported by the sk driver.




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