Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:36:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Ivan Matousek <matousek@cs.sfu.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 device list Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808131335410.11633-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199808131916.MAA05222@maia.cs.sfu.ca>
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On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Ivan Matousek wrote: > > We were using FreeBSD 2.2.2 version in one of our networking lab at the > begining of 1998. Before we get a new 2.2.7 release we were trying to > install previous version (2.2.6) and we were experiencing following problem. > > When configuring kernel and resolving hardware conflicts in 2.2.2 ver > the list of devices included two lines for NE2000 cards which is what we > have in the machine. For version 2.2.6 we can see in the device list only > one NE2000 card and that doesn't reflect our current hardware configuration. > For the course, machines need to be setup with two network cards and the > only thing we can do is to recompile the kernel afterwords. > > Is the difference between both FreeBSD versions something we have to live > with? What do we have to do to get the list of all devices the same way > as with the the older FreeBSD 2.2.2 version? 2.2.2 did compile in two ed drivers at different default settings to pick up most cards. Now that you're basically forced to go through UserConfig it's redundant now. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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