Re: Using Intel PRO/1000 PL under netbsd on a Thinkpad T60

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:31:29 +0000
gj%freeshell.ORG@localhost wrote:

> 
> I just installed 4.0, coexisting with windows XP on a Thinkpad T60. I
> am now trying to get networking up and running. According to "Network
> Connections" on the XP side, This model features an Intel
> PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wireless networking card and Intel PRO/1000 PL
> ethernet card. Both work fine under XP.
> 
> On the NetBSD side, I understand that the 3945ABG is supported with
> the wpi driver and the Intel 1000 family is supported by the wm
> driver.  But the output of dmesg says nothing about wm or finding a
> PRO/1000 network card.  The 3945ABG is recognized fine, even though I
> have not actually downloaded the firmware yet. 
> 
> The output of ifconfig does not show wmX, only wpi0 and lo0.  What I
> want to do is use my ethernet connection and not my wireless
> connection when I do not have a wireless connection available.  So
> here are my questions:
> 
> - shouldn't netbsd have automatically detected my ethernet port with
> `wm'?
> - How can I get Netbsd to detect the PRO/1000 PL?
> 
See if it works with -current.  (At the least, boot an install CD and
see if they show up.)


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb