Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:23:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: W Alexander Hagen <aligzanduh@yahoo.com>, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to Update and recompile an device driver Message-ID: <200202090323.g193NMa37685@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <20020208145512.A30270@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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Brooks Davis writes: | On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 02:44:31PM -0800, W Alexander Hagen wrote: | > | > Is is possible to cvsup only a device driver. I have tried copying the | > source of the driver and then rebuilding the kernel, but it allways | > seems to invoke dependencies that are assumed to be updated over the | > base 4.3 FreeBSD as well. The latest try I get | > | > if_an.c IFM_IEE80211 undeclared and related messages | | By far, your best bet is to give up now and do an OS upgrade. Updating | drivers independently is a completly unsupported operation for experts | only. The above error means you need to updated your if_media support. | To do that you need to find the commit logs for the upgrades to add | IEEE 802.11 support to if_media and update all the files in question. | There are probalby other things you'd have to update too. ... yep like Linux device private ioctl's and ancontrol changes. You really are better off get the latest -stable and then building everything. Things will work better in the end. Also if you find a problem then getting a fix will be easier as well! Doug A. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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