Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:21:57 -0700 From: "Chris H." <fbsd@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I install a driver? Message-ID: <20060410192157.j2fme10pw4k00kok@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <200604111051.44329.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <1144672693.642.7.camel@redevil.savola.com> <20060410133708.fhnthnm3cw8gko0w@webmail.1command.com> <200604111051.44329.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_4ck13de8lcis Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Quoting Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>: > On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:07, Chris H. wrote: >> > but I have no clue how I can bypass the second step, which is installing >> > the if_myk.ko to /boot/kernel >> > >> > I have tried to cp if_yk.ko /boot/kernel/ >> >> bad idea. > > Maybe you should elaborate as to why.. See below... > > It shouldn't do any *harm*. > > The only downside will be that if you build a new kernel you'll no longer be > able to load it automatically (because it will be in /boot/kernel.old) > > For testing purposed you could just unpack it into, say, /tmp and then do > kldload ./if_yk.ko > > If that works OK then copy it into /boot/modules and add This is the correct location for modules. Hence my "bad idea" comment. But if you had sourced: /boot/defaults/loader.conf, man loader.conf then you already figured this out, and know why I might have said "bad idea". :) --Chris H. > if_yk_load="YES" > to /boot/loader.conf > > -- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C > -- Linux: As OS for users who think their using UNIX. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p12 (SMP - 900x2) Tue Mar 7 19:37:23 PST 2006 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --=_4ck13de8lcis Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: PGP Digital Signature Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEOxLFXxK1cRs0zxkRArF/AJsH/ga2ZuqgXxExgn94GzM5RGK5vQCfeFPf mwFlGHtv/P+EGEuPjz7dHHM= =MUb0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_4ck13de8lcis--
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