From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 06:29:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B2E816A4CE for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 06:29:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5619543D1F for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 06:29:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com) Received: from pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.110]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HSI002APINSAN@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 07:23:52 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml3so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml3so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.147]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HSI000GAINSMX@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 07:23:52 -0700 (MST) Received: from francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (h24-87-202-31.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.202.31]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HSI0066VINRXQ@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 07:23:52 -0700 (MST) Received: from hardesty.hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com ([192.168.23.1]) by francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i13EO0p3022877; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 06:24:01 -0800 Received: from aardvark by hardesty.hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ao1TX-000309-00; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 06:24:27 -0800 Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 06:24:27 -0800 From: Saint Aardvark the Carpeted In-reply-to: <401EDFFC.1040504@slaughters.com> Sender: Debian User To: lee slaughter Message-id: <20040203142427.GC2197@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i References: <200401300340.TAA01625@badboy.spawar.navy.mil> <20040130052715.GV3224@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> <401EDFFC.1040504@slaughters.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel probe of NICs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:29:53 -0000 lee slaughter disturbed my sleep to write: > OK, looks like 5.1 sk diver doesn't support 3C940 but 5.2 does. > So can I get a 5.2 sk driver and load the module? > Or do I have to rebuild kernel? Hm...I've never tried using a module from a different version of FreeBSD before, but I'd be wary of trying it. I suspect it would just not work, rather than actually cause harm, but the best thing to do really would be to install 5.2 (or wait for 5.2.1), either by grabbing a new ISO image or using CVSup to grab the source and rebuild everything. Instructions on CVSup and building world can be found in the handbook (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3451207.stm and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html). > yeah, it was Intel 21143 chip and it showed up. Or, if you've got a working ethernet card, you may just want to use that instead -- there's no doubt it'd be a great deal easier. Hugh -- Saint Aardvark the Carpeted aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth.