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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 23:04:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To: Lasse Ulvund <sartan@online.no>
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Subject: Re: Using vr - driver from 4.8 on 4.7
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Sure, just copy if_vr.c and if_vrreg.h from 4.8 over the copies in your
4.7 source tree, and recompile your kernel.  That should work without
problems.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Lasse Ulvund wrote:

> Hi..
>
> I'm trying to utilize an onboard Via Rhine III chip in freebsd, using the "vr" - driver, it works in 4.8, but not 4.7.. seems 4.7 only supports Via Rhine I and II chips. Is there a way to get the onboard lan working under 4.7 with the drivers from 4.8 ?. If so, how would I go about doing that ?.
>
> The reason I need to run FreeBSD 4.7, is that this machine is using a Highpoint RockedRaid 133-adapter, and highpoints latest driver will only install under 4.7.
>
> The computer has no spare slots (1u-rack), so I can't install any alternative NIC's.
>
> Regards,
> Lasse
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