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Date:      Mon, 4 Jun 2001 15:32:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Chuck Rouillard <chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
To:        Jean-Paul Beconne <jpbeconne@free.fr>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: D-Link ethenet card
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0106041515530.54929-100000@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B1BFDC1.84486677@free.fr>

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On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Jean-Paul Beconne wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My computer has a D-Link DFE-530 ethernet card, and I would like to use
> it with FreeBSD. I use FreeBSD 4.0 release 7. I uncommented miibus and
> vr lines in the kernel configuration file but the card is not
> recognized, the vr0 and miibus0 don't appear when the computer boots. I
> also tried rl driver but the card isn't recognize.
> I should have missed something. Could anybody help me ?

You mention "DFE-530" but note that

1. DFE-530TX -> vr
2. DFE-530TX+ -> rl

What's the output from `uname -a' ?

BTW, the drivers for both of these are also modules
(/modules/if_rl.ko and /modules/if_vr.ko) so compiling
support for them wasn't necessary. `man kldload' for
hints.

.cr


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