=> On Jan 7, 2016, at 5:08, Gary Duzan <g...@duzan.org> wrote: =>> =>> In Message <47820a2c8eb.b1d4...@mail.owl.de>, =>> Frank Wille <fr...@phoenix.owl.de>wrote: =>> =>> =>Hi, =>> => =>> =>I was given an Asus F555L laptop for installing NetBSD. It came with =>> FreeDOS =>> =>preinstalled and looked like it could be a nice NetBSD laptop. The =>> intel =>> =>graphics and HD audio are working great. =>> => =>> =>WLAN (AR9485) does not work, but I expected nothing else. =>> => =>> =>A serious problem though, is the lack of USB. The intel xHCI USB =>> device is =>> =>not recognized by a generic 7.0 kernel. Here is the complete dmesg: =>> => =>> => [...] =>> =>> xhci is commented-out in the GENERIC kernel, even on -current: =>> =>> # xhci* at pci? dev ? function ? # eXtensible Host Controller =>> # xhci is at best experimental =>> # usb* at xhci? =>> =>> If you want to try it, uncomment these or try an ALL kernel. => => Is the problem a complete lack of USB, or just lack of xHCI? I'd expect => ehci to work with a GENERIC kernel and provide USB 2.0 support.
Good question. According to https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/X555LA/specifications/ , this machine has two USB 3.0 ports and one USB 2.0 port. Does the USB 2.0 port work? Not having full USB 3.0 support is IMHO a serious black mark against NetBSD on modern hardware. Is anyone actively working on it? Are there particular known obstacles? I could perhaps spend some time on it myself if pointed in the right direction. Gary Duzan