Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 06:24:27 -0800 From: Saint Aardvark the Carpeted <aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> To: lee slaughter <lee@slaughters.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel probe of NICs Message-ID: <20040203142427.GC2197@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> In-Reply-To: <401EDFFC.1040504@slaughters.com> References: <200401300340.TAA01625@badboy.spawar.navy.mil> <20040130052715.GV3224@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> <401EDFFC.1040504@slaughters.com>
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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.
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