From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 25 08:35:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA19430 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:35:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA19388; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:35:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA00590; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:31:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811251631.IAA00590@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Joel Ray Holveck cc: Mike Smith , root , lcremean@tidalwave.net, Stephen Comoletti , "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linksys NIC, was: Re: de ethernet driver -- another puzzle In-reply-to: Your message of "24 Nov 1998 22:25:49 CST." <867lwkxusy.fsf@detlev.UUCP> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:31:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> I got a Linksys EtherFast PCI card > > Older Linksys cards are supported by the 'de' driver; you can tell > > these because the large chip on the card has "digital" written on it. > > New ones use a new chipset and require a new driver not yet integrated > > into FreeBSD. > > Which brings me to a question I've been wondering for a week or so. > Is it possible to, at boot time, load lkms? Would it be possible to > put, say, the Linksys driver in an lkm and load it with GENERIC to > allow just such a thing? Yes, it's possible. The new bootloader makes it easier again. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message