Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:51:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: "Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@slytherin.ds.psu.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800 Message-ID: <20030805154926.B88927@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <20030805194530.GC5181@slytherin.ds.psu.edu> References: <20030805194530.GC5181@slytherin.ds.psu.edu>
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > If I'm reading the recent messages correctly, the bcm driver won't work > unless updated to approximately July 17. > > I burned 5.1 iso's, and installed most of it successfully. How do I > bootstrap the network. I saw Bill Paul's references to testing a patch > prior to committing it. Is this something I can apply singly to the > source that comes on the ISO (and if so, just where do I grab it?), and > then build a kernel, reboot, and update the rest of the source? > > thanks > > hawk, anxious to play with his new toy Does this new toy have a 32-bit pci slot available? If so, pop in a nic (temporarily), cvsup and/or grab the needed patches and rebuild away! Regards, > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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