Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 09:12:18 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: koshy@india.hp.com (A JOSEPH KOSHY) Cc: install@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: if_ed(2) Message-ID: <199604040712.JAA16288@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199604040417.AA005441467@fakir.india.hp.com>
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> > > > Why does the GENERIC kernel contain ed0 and ed1 built in? It has a lot of other network cards it is probing during the autoconfigure phase. ed0 and ed1 are for WD cards having different default i/o addresses. > > Not many people use two network cards (those who do can always build > another kernel). With the addition of the boot time configuration Purpose is not running two cards simultaneously. That would requires configuring the cards at different IRQs anyway. > wouldn't just one ed driver suffice for most people? > > Koshy > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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