From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 13 18:59:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA20701 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 18:59:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA20668 for ; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 18:59:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id SAA02544; Sat, 13 Jul 1996 18:57:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607140157.SAA02544@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: Tim Palmer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3c590... In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Jul 1996 18:47:00 PDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@root.com Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 18:57:48 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Tim Palmer wrote: > >> I'm trying to get a 3c590 ethernet board to talk to my FreeBSD >> 2.1 (Walnut Creek CD-ROM) and having no luck. I've downloaded if_vx.c >> and if_vxreg.h from -current and referenced if_vc in my files.i386, but >> the kernel compile fails with 3 messages complaining about if_vx.c >> referencing an unknown "if_softc". So, my real question is: as a non C >> speaking person, should I not worry about making this 3c590 work just >> yet? Or did I just miss a simple step in installing the driver? > >Trying to back-port it to 2.1-R wouldn't be such a great idea. Just hang >on for the 2.1.5-RELEASE; it includes the 3c590 support, I believe. Err, actually, no, it doesn't. We should probably have brought it in before the code freeze. :-( -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project