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Date:      Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:37:08 -0800
From:      Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Loading if_xl from the loader 
Message-ID:  <200211252337.gAPNb8LL040630@beast.csl.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>  of "26 Nov 2002 10:03:42 %2B1030." <1038267221.5010.9.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> 

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> I installed FreeBSD on a work colleges computer and found something
> odd..
> 
> I have the following in /boot/loader.conf
> # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- #
> userconfig_script_load="YES"
> agp_load="YES"
> snd_pdm_load="YES"
> snd_ich_load="YES"
> if_xl_load="YES"
> miibus_load="YES"
> 
> hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"
> 
> But when I check dmesg..
> CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (1002.28-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x68a  Stepping = 10
>   Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV
> ,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
> real memory  = 133103616 (129984K bytes)
> avail memory = 126459904 (123496K bytes)
> Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc030b000.
> Preloaded elf module "miibus.ko" at 0xc030b0a8.
> Preloaded elf module "snd_ich.ko" at 0xc030b148.
> Preloaded elf module "snd_pcm.ko" at 0xc030b1e8.
> Preloaded elf module "agp.ko" at 0xc030b288.
> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> 
> ???
> I saw the loader load the module too :)


<speculation>

Could if_xl depend on miibus and thus not be loaded because miibus hasn't
been loaded yet?  Try putting `miibus_load="YES"' before `if_xl_load="YES"'

</speculation>
 
> If I do "kldload if_xl" after it's booted the xl device is probed fine ->
> xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xc800-0xc83f irq 10 at device 4.
> 0 on pci1
> xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:08:ae:15:f7
> miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
> nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> on miibus0
> nsphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> 
> This is some Packard Bell prebuilt thing if it matters.
> 
> -- 
> Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
> for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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> are so many of them to choose from."
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