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Date:      Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:31:13 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, root <root@jtrevick.student.simons-rock.edu>, lcremean@tidalwave.net, Stephen Comoletti <stevec@delanet.com>, "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linksys NIC, was: Re: de ethernet driver -- another puzzle 
Message-ID:  <199811251631.IAA00590@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "24 Nov 1998 22:25:49 CST." <867lwkxusy.fsf@detlev.UUCP> 

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> >> I got a Linksys EtherFast PCI card
> > Older Linksys cards are supported by the 'de' driver; you can tell 
> > these because the large chip on the card has "digital" written on it.  
> > New ones use a new chipset and require a new driver not yet integrated 
> > into FreeBSD.
> 
> Which brings me to a question I've been wondering for a week or so.
> Is it possible to, at boot time, load lkms?  Would it be possible to
> put, say, the Linksys driver in an lkm and load it with GENERIC to
> allow just such a thing?

Yes, it's possible.  The new bootloader makes it easier again.

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