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Date:      Sat, 17 Nov 2001 16:29:59 +0800 (WST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Alex <lex@internode.on.net>
Cc:        buga@lemis.com, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: /boot/device.hints
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20011117162959.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <001601c16f31$e8fdeac0$c2926596@slick>

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On 17-Nov-2001 Alex wrote:
>  The kernel should consult /boot/device.hints at boot time and record these
>  attributes.
>  I know these are the correct attributes bec I had to manually set them with
>  a jumper.

OK..

>  The strange thing is, is that using  4.4-STABLE boot disks and using
>  UserConfig to tell the kernel
>  the above attributes of my NIC, works.

Hmm but 4.4 != -current :)

>  1. With having the correct device.hints, shouldn't this be enough for the
>  kernel to know about the device ?

I would think so.

>  2. Have I overlooked an important step ?

Perhaps check with kenv (I think) that what you set in the loader is propogated.

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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are so many of them to choose from."
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