Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:45:02 -0600 From: "Bob Giesen" <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: "Jamaal Sanford" <jamaal@sanfordonline.org>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Linksys LNE10TX v4.1, FreeBSD v3.2 Message-ID: <003a01c1a2ee$cb682200$328dfea9@pegasus> References: <DIEBKPBCFPNEBDJLDFLLCEBCCDAA.jamaal@sanfordonline.org>
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Thanks, Jamal! I retrieved the al code and will give it a try. Stay tuned... :-) - Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamaal Sanford" <jamaal@sanfordonline.org> To: "Bob Giesen" <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:11 PM Subject: RE: Linksys LNE10TX v4.1, FreeBSD v3.2 > I've been using the LNE100TX series since FreeBSD v4.3. The > drivers for FreeBSD were included on the driver disk that shipped with the > product. However, I used the "dc" driver and it works fine. The 3.x of > FreeBSD uses the ADMtek drivers I think. Here's something you may find > interesting from the readme file included on the disk. > > > A. Get source Code and produce a binary code > ============================================= > Step 1 : Get the source code(if_al.c and if_alreg.h) from the following site > > http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/ADMtek/3.0 > > Step 2 : Build compiler environment on your FreeBSD system. > > Step 3 : Compile source code to produce a binary code. > > > ** Note ** > It will work with either FreeBSD 3.2 or 3.3. If you have 3.3-RELEASE, > replace /sys/pci/if_al.c and /sys/pci/if_alreg.h with the new versions > from the web site, then just compile a new kernel. > > For FreeBSD-current, the driver is already there: you can install a > -current snapshot from: > > ftp://current.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/4.0-19991012-CURRENT > > Jamaal Sanford > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bob Giesen > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:10 PM > To: freebsd-questions > Cc: Bob Giesen (earthlink) > Subject: Linksys LNE10TX v4.1, FreeBSD v3.2 > > > > I have an LNE100TX v4.1 card and FreeBSD v3.2 -- which I'm hoping to get > to work together. I tried the pn kernel driver (in response to a tip in the > kernel config file), to no avail. > In search of an answer (via Google), I found a page > (http://www.linksys.com/faqs/default.asp?fqid=27) which recommended trying > the DEC (de) kernel driver or else the pn code (if_pn.c & if_pnreg.h) > supplied via that page. I tried both (separately and together), to no > avail. When I boot, it seems that the PCI probe isn't even finding the NIC; > there's no line in the dmesg output that refers to pn0, de0... or anything > else that even remotely looks like it might be the NIC. > Just in case it was a case of a persnickety probe, I changed the > positions of my NIC and the only other PCI card I have installed (Creative > SB PCI 512 sound card), moving the NIC to the first slot (next to the AGP > slot, where the sound card used to live), also to no avail. (FYI, the AGP > slot houses the video card and my only ISA slot holds the modem.) > I've done some searching in the archives, here, looking for an answer, > but couldn't find one. Now, I wonder (1) if my card will work with FreeBSD > v3.2 and, if so, (2) where can I find the driver code to make it possible? > Any help that you can provide will be much appreciated -- since it might > save me much, much time in upgrading my FreeBSD -- or the cost of another, > supported card. Thanks in advance. > - Bob > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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