Device support – DragonFly BSD Digest https://www.dragonflydigest.com A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 01:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/FullLogoSquare-150x150.gif Device support – DragonFly BSD Digest https://www.dragonflydigest.com 32 32 gpt show shows more https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/10/09/gpt-show-shows-more/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 19:38:15 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=29430 The show option to the gpt(8) command now has nicer output, with a summary line and ‘humanized’ units.

]]> Keyboard recognition https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/10/08/29427/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:31:34 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=29427 This is from a while ago, but: your Framework Laptop keyboard should be recognized now on DragonFly.

]]> DragonFly DRM updated https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/07/31/dragonfly-drm-updated/ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/07/31/dragonfly-drm-updated/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:48:28 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=29281 DRM in DragonFly has been updated to match Linux vers. 4.20.17.   See the commit message for the newly-supported video chipsets.

I waited to post this cause there’s a few setup details that may or may not affect you when you try it.

]]> https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/07/31/dragonfly-drm-updated/feed/ 2 hda updates in DragonFly https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/05/21/hda-updates-in-dragonfly/ Wed, 21 May 2025 21:07:01 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=29139 If you have an hda(4) sound device – and you probably do – it’s been updated.  This is not in the 6.4.2 release.

]]> Webcam driver progress https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/05/07/webcam-driver-progress/ Wed, 07 May 2025 22:25:30 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=29120 Michael Neumann posted a progress report on his webcam work for DragonFly.  The short description is: it’s recognizing hardware but not recording yet.  You can try it now.

]]> Encrypted disk users needed https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/12/31/encrypted-disk-users-needed/ Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:23:25 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28888 If you use TrueCrypt / tcplay, dm-crypt, or /dev/crypto on DragonFly, Michael Neumann wants to know.

]]> Time service on DragonFly https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/05/16/time-service-on-dragonfly/ Thu, 16 May 2024 12:59:25 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28535 Dan Cross is looking to set up a hardware time service on DragonFly.  It worked out, and there’s a patch coming to support this.

]]> Improved input device support for DragonFly https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/04/24/improved-input-device-support-for-dragonfly/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:34:02 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28489 If you’ve had trouble with the touchpad on your laptop, this recent update may help.  Note that the commit lists some config changes needed to take advantage of the new features.

]]> iwm(4) updates https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/04/03/iwm4-updates/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 06:17:10 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28451 iwm(4) on DragonFly has been updated, mostly with patches from the FreeBSD version of the network driver.

]]> Realtek E2600 support in DragonFly https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2024/03/04/realtek-e2600-support-in-dragonfly/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 18:25:44 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28409 The Realtek E2600 – “Killer Ethernet Adapter” – is now supported in DragonFly.  Or it’s an Intel product?  I’m not sure.

]]> urtwn(4) update https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/12/05/urtwn4-update/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 17:05:05 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28217 If you have a TP-Link TL-WN722N v2 wireless adapter, you are in luck.

]]> Mercusys MW150US support in DragonFly https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/11/28/mercusys-mw150us-support-in-dragonfly/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:54:46 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28209 This is mostly an ID change, but the Mercusys MW150US USB wifi adapter is now supported in DragonFly.

]]> Shutting up about headless systems https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/10/07/shutting-up-about-headless-systems/ Sat, 07 Oct 2023 20:13:25 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28135 If you are running a headless DragonFly system, you may find this new ‘ifexists’ option for ttys helpful.

]]> Mercusys MW150US support https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/10/05/mercusys-mw150us-support/ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/10/05/mercusys-mw150us-support/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:03:43 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28129 I may have missed this if it’s been committed, but if you have a Mercusys MW150US, aka a RealTek USB wifi dongle, there’s a patch to support it in Dragonfly.

]]> https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/10/05/mercusys-mw150us-support/feed/ 1 nvme(4) update you don’t want to see https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/06/14/nvme4-update-you-dont-want-to-see/ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/06/14/nvme4-update-you-dont-want-to-see/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2023 02:02:45 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=28018 the nvme(4) driver now prints a detailed message about I/O errors.  It’s great that it does that, hope you never see it.

]]> https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/06/14/nvme4-update-you-dont-want-to-see/feed/ 2 Making smbios visible https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2023/06/02/making-smbios-visible/ Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:12:04 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=27995 For some reason smbios device support always gave me trouble on every laptop I worked on for the 2000s.  So, this support for smbios identification on EFI-only boots is good news to me.

]]> uwtwn(4) update https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/09/15/uwtwn4-update/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 01:18:40 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=27400 If you are using urtwn(4) for your USB network connection, it now supports the Edimax EW-7811Un chipset?  model?.

]]> EFI firmware updates on DragonFly https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/08/23/efi-firmware-updates-on-dragonfly/ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/08/23/efi-firmware-updates-on-dragonfly/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:05:53 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=27333 It’s not possible right now, but there’s people looking to implement it.

]]> https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/08/23/efi-firmware-updates-on-dragonfly/feed/ 1 Hetzner cloud and DragonFly https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/06/28/hetzner-cloud-and-dragonfly/ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/06/28/hetzner-cloud-and-dragonfly/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:57:23 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=27128 When you are setting up a DragonFly machine on Hetzner, pay attention to this bug report for dhcp setup.  The short answer is “use dhcpcd”.

]]> https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/06/28/hetzner-cloud-and-dragonfly/feed/ 1 Interface descriptions on DragonFly https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2022/05/30/interface-descriptions-on-dragonfly/ Mon, 30 May 2022 21:00:19 +0000 https://www.dragonflydigest.com/?p=27003 You can now set a description for a network interface on DragonFly.   Don’t use ETH0, please.

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