From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 17 16:45:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from va.com.au (va.com.au [203.15.106.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E552E14A12 for ; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:44:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jesse@va.com.au) Received: from [1.1.1.3] (203.108.21.7) by va.com.au with ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.2); Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:13:38 +0930 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: jesse@mail.va.com.au Message-Id: Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:43:10 +1000 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: jesse reynolds Subject: how do you turn on / install drivers? (Xircom PC-Card Ethernet) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Does FreeBSD have dynamicly loadable kernel modules like Linux? How do I check to see if a certain driver is installed for a certain piece of hardware? I know that the xircom driver is now part of 3.3 Release, but it's not recognising either a CE2 or a CEM33. Might it be "disabled". Do I have to recompile the kernel or can I just adjust a kernel conf file? I'd like to know, in general, how you find out if a certain piece of hardware is supported, and if so how to get it's driver installed and working. Any clues? Also, would the fact that I disabled all networking and comms drivers when booting up from the 3.3 install cd, have any bearing on the fact these network cards are not being recognised? Also, is it likely to be a problem if I have both the CE2 (ethernet only) and the CEM33 (ethernet + modem) cards connected at the same time? Please include jesse@va.com.au in reply as I'm not subscribed to freebsd-questions. cheers jesse -- Jesse Reynolds - Virtual Artists Pty Ltd - http://www.va.com.au - http://virtual.artists Mobile: (+61) 0414 669 790 Faxmail: (+61) 02 9776 3594 Virtual Community Engine Email: jesse (at) va.com.au http://www.vce.net ?: http://jesse.va.com.au huh?: Content Management System ICQ: 4766684 & Application Server for Timezone: GMT +10:00 Hrs MacOS Webservers (W*API) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message