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Date:      Wed, 07 Apr 2004 09:59:57 -0300
From:      Augusto Castelan Carlson <carlson@npd.ufsc.br>
To:        jason <jason@ec.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NICs not reconized - FreeBSD 4.9
Message-ID:  <4073FB4D.3060901@npd.ufsc.br>
In-Reply-To: <40736DD9.2090007@ec.rr.com>
References:  <4072AF32.9060506@npd.ufsc.br> <40736DD9.2090007@ec.rr.com>

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jason wrote:
>> What are the correct steps to install this realtek driver correctely? 
>> And the broadcom 5788, can I make it work on FreeBSD 4.9?
>>
>>
> Did the default driver in bsd not work?  I would not compile it in until 
> I found one that worked.  Just load and unload modules, it makes life 
> easy.  You could try to tweak the default driver to recgonize your card 
> and it may just work.  Since you downloaded the driver you could try 
> looking at the differences between the web and system drivers with diff, 
> it may be 95% the same.

I suppose that there is no default driver for these NICs, as they are 
not reconized during the system install.  I know that they work on 
FreeBSD 5.2.1, but the application that I'm intend to use only works on 
version 4.x.
About loading and unload modules, I have to do that using 
/boot/loader.conf or there is a command line to do it?

It's not dangerous to tweak the code? Can I damage the NIC?

Thanks,

Augusto



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