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Date:      Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:34:56 -0700
From:      "Paul H." <paulh@testlabs.com>
To:        "Thomas Dean" <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Kernel failed
Message-ID:  <00ce01bdab81$6b6edb40$f3ab2ccf@paul>

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I checked my file and both pseudo devices (loop,ether) are present. I also
read the LINT section on networks and I have the following pseudo devices
loop
ether
log
sl
vn
tun
pty
gzip


-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
To: paulh@testlabs.com <paulh@testlabs.com>
Cc: questions@freebsd.org <questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Thursday, July 09, 1998 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: Kernel failed


>All of these symbols are defined in /sys/net/if_ethersubr.c.
>
>Do you have 'pseudo-device ether'.  This must be the problem.  Look at
>/sys/i386/conf/LINT.  Read the part about network interfaces.  You may
>need some more things.
>
>...
># Network interfaces:
>#  The `loop' pseudo-device is MANDATORY when networking is enabled.
>#  The `ether' pseudo-device provides generic code to handle
>#  Ethernets; it is MANDATORY when a Ethernet device driver is
>#  configured.
>...


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