Well, I've already emailed them back when I was trying to get their driver to work on FreeBSD, and I did ask for the open source version (I was feeling lucky...). Needless to say, I didn't get any reply...
Anyway, I don't expect them to release the specs anytime soon, and I still need to use my nic in the meantime... Linux somehow managed to get it working (they probably reverse engineered it), and since OpenBSD already has the driver which is working for other versions of marvell nics, it looks like the problem could be fixed (or worked-around at least) without the specs... If this is not on your to do list... Oh well, I guess I'll to have to look at it myself, or keep using linux.. On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:29:16 -0500 Louis Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > qsd wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just tried to install OpenBSD 4.0 on my laptop with > > Marvell Yukon 88E8055 Gigabit ethernet chip. However, > > the link status says "no carrier", and when I try to > > bring the interface up, it hangs, presumably waiting > > for the cable to be plugged in... Same card works under > > linux with sky2 driver. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > I'm sorry if this is an already known bug. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Read up on the news. > > http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/06/10/10/1529219.shtml > > Marvell and many hardware vendors don't release hardware > docs, so OpenBSD developers can't write drivers. > > Easiest thing you can do for OpenBSD is to add your voice to > the call for hardware docs -- not closed source drivers or > other crap. Email them, insistently. > > Ciao > --Louis
