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Date:      Sun, 2 Jan 2000 13:57:36 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fxp0 & splimp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001021356260.943-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001020215380.2014-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Chuck Robey wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> > I was trying to bring an Alpha with a kernel from 11/15/99 to current, and
> > I can't seem to get kernel right.  I see that there were a lot of config
> > changes, so perhaps I don't have my config file in sync, but it looks
> > roughly like GENERIC, so I will toss the diag information in your laps.
> > 
> > The kernel boots, but it can't find the onboard Intel Pro-100 (it's a
> > Intel DK440LX, integrated everything).  The boot message tells me:
> > 
> > link_elf: symbol splimp undefined
> > 
> > This just stops the network from working, so I'm not in trouble (I have
> > the old kernel cached away too).  Seeing as I didn't find the ax0 device
> > in GENERIC, I took it out of my config file, and this causes more
> > confusion, because the ax0 device IS being caught on the dmesg, but the
> > fxp0 device (which is in the new config, instead of ax0) isn't being
> > caught.
> 
> Followup to my own question, because I just found out that dmesg on the
> Alpha doesn't clear out the old boot message, and when I made real sure
> that I *was* reading the right dmesg, ax0 isn't showing up.  Neither is
> fxp0, and the splimp message is still there, so most of the question still
> holds.  I'm getting the link error on boot, and fxp0 isn't being seen on
> probe.

I think the ax driver was removed since the new dc driver was committed.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
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