Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-31 Thread Jaye Mathisen
Well, the ifconfig name parameter is there, probably wouldn't be too difficult to make something up based on mac address, and just key off the name... But yeah, it can be annoying. Too bad interface names can't be hardwired like SCSI disk ID's can be...

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-30 Thread Bill Marquette
On 10/30/06, Peter Curran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Scott Neither!! I have deep admiration for you, bill, chris and colin. Not only for what you have achieved but also for your ability to field some pretty dumb questions on this list. I think you SHOULD be less subtle and more upfront with d

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-30 Thread Peter Curran
Scott Neither!! I have deep admiration for you, bill, chris and colin. Not only for what you have achieved but also for your ability to field some pretty dumb questions on this list. I think you SHOULD be less subtle and more upfront with daft requests. "How about porting Open Office to

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-30 Thread Bill Marquette
On 10/30/06, Peter Curran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Be my guest, I don't plan on going through FreeBSD or Darwin driver > code to figure out what Apple does or does not do behind the scenes. > Frankly _all_ open source BSD's behave this way and it's of no > interest to me to fix it. > Bill I

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-30 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 10/30/06, Peter Curran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think you are being too subtle - why don't you tell it the way it is? You volunteering to do the work or simply trying to throw grease on a fire? - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-30 Thread Peter Curran
On Monday 30 October 2006 20:12, Bill Marquette wrote: > On 10/30/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > > > Now that 1.0 is out what is the idea for moving to kernel 6.2? Any > > idea of the time frame? > > Could we find a solution to keep the interface numbering stable i.e.

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-30 Thread Bill Marquette
On 10/30/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bill, Now that 1.0 is out what is the idea for moving to kernel 6.2? Any idea of the time frame? Could we find a solution to keep the interface numbering stable i.e. when adding a NIC not have all interfaces renumbered? This is really anno

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-30 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 10/30/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bill, Now that 1.0 is out what is the idea for moving to kernel 6.2? Any idea of the time frame? 6.2 is not even out yet. We'll discuss once it is out and it can be evaluated. Scott

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-10-30 Thread Pierre Frisch
Hi Bill, Now that 1.0 is out what is the idea for moving to kernel 6.2? Any idea of the time frame? Could we find a solution to keep the interface numbering stable i.e. when adding a NIC not have all interfaces renumbered? This is really annoying, MacOSX which also uses FreeBSD, does do no

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-06 Thread Bill Marquette
On 9/6/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So if I understand correctly you are porting pfsense to 6.2 instead of back porting the driver? That looks like a fabulous solution and quite a bit more sustainable for the future. Exactly. And takes the risk out of a backport (which looked l

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-06 Thread Pierre Frisch
So if I understand correctly you are porting pfsense to 6.2 instead of back porting the driver? That looks like a fabulous solution and quite a bit more sustainable for the future. Thank you Pierre On 5-Sep-06, at 9:28 PM, Bill Marquette wrote: I'm currently working on updating our patch

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-05 Thread Bill Marquette
I'm currently working on updating our patches against RELENG_6. That branch should be locked shortly pending the tagging of RELENG_6_2 - we'd like to be able to start building that branch shortly after release (there are no plans to delay 1.0 release for this). It shouldn't take me more than a d

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Pierre Frisch
Let me know your conclusions and will talk.PierreOn 1-Sep-06, at 4:17 PM, Bill Marquette wrote:If all it takes is $50 I would be happy to oblige the board did cost me $500 and it is worthless without a driver. Understood, they aren't cheap boards.  To be clear, what I'm offering is to provide a re

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Bill Marquette
On 9/1/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If all it takes is $50 I would be happy to oblige the board did cost me $500 and it is worthless without a driver. Understood, they aren't cheap boards. To be clear, what I'm offering is to provide a replacement kernel (that can be uploaded a

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Pierre Frisch
If all it takes is $50 I would be happy to oblige the board did cost me $500 and it is worthless without a driver. That being said there very few 4 port cards and I could not get hold of one of the "old" ones that are supported so this may become a problem very rapidly well before the 12 mo

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Bill Marquette
On 9/1/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bill, How much was the bounty? Not sure...probably only $50 or so. The thread was removed from the forum at some point. I guess I don't understand the problem. Why had the driver got to be backported for each version? How is pfsense bui

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 9/1/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Understood. Does this mean that in practice it will not be included in 1.0? Yes, it will not be included in 1.0. What about 1.1. Not sure, I am more worried about 1.0 right now, not 1.1. Scott ---

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Pierre Frisch
Understood. Does this mean that in practice it will not be included in 1.0? What about 1.1. Thanks Pierre On 1-Sep-06, at 10:39 AM, Scott Ullrich wrote: On 9/1/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bill, I guess I don't understand the problem. Why had the driver got to be backp

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 9/1/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bill, I guess I don't understand the problem. Why had the driver got to be backported for each version? How is pfsense built? Is this a problem with FreeBSD or with pfsense? pfSense runs on RELENG_6_1. The newer driver was in RELENG_6 (sta

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Pierre Frisch
Hi Bill, How much was the bounty? I guess I don't understand the problem. Why had the driver got to be backported for each version? How is pfsense built? Is this a problem with FreeBSD or with pfsense? Thanks Pierre On 1-Sep-06, at 10:00 AM, Bill Marquette wrote: On 9/1/06, Pierre Fris

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Bill Marquette
On 9/1/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is the status support of the Intel PWLA8494MT. I had it working with a special build sent by Bill Marquette including Intel driver 6.0.5. However this has disappeared from the latest update. Is it going to come back with the next one? The

Re: [pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Scott Ullrich
On 9/1/06, Pierre Frisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is the status support of the Intel PWLA8494MT. I had it working with a special build sent by Bill Marquette including Intel driver 6.0.5. However this has disappeared from the latest update. Is it going to come back with the next one? The

[pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support with latest update of RC2

2006-09-01 Thread Pierre Frisch
What is the status support of the Intel PWLA8494MT. I had it working with a special build sent by Bill Marquette including Intel driver 6.0.5. However this has disappeared from the latest update. Is it going to come back with the next one? I also have a problem with interface numbering. The

[pfSense Support] Intel PWLA8494MT support

2006-08-04 Thread Pierre Frisch
Is Intel PWLA8494MT supported with the current build (1.0RC2)? I have installed this card on a system with 2 Gb Intel port on the mother board and the system does not appear to recognize it. Any idea? Thanks Pierre - To uns