Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:53:21 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: jekillen@prodigy.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install with modified kernel? Message-ID: <4609F4C1.1070101@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <79227522eb86a480d8cd74302d4b9213@prodigy.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0703271735110.8636@hymn07.u.washington.edu> <79227522eb86a480d8cd74302d4b9213@prodigy.net>
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jekillen wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2007, at 4:35 PM, youshi10@u.washington.edu wrote: > >> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, jekillen wrote: >> >>> Hello: >>> Is it possible to install FreeBSD ( in this case v6.2 GENERIC >>> RELEASE) with a modified kernel? >>> I am having some network problems with an installation on ASUS N2M32 >>> WS pro (AMD64) mb. >>> I want to try installing without fire wire emulation support, which >>> means I have to modify the >>> kernel to eliminate it. But if I install and then modify the Kernel, >>> it will have made its mark. >>> Please forgive me it this seems like a stupid question. It probably >>> is but I just want to be >>> certain. >>> Thanks in advance. >>> Jeff K >> >> Jeff, >> Of course you can! Please read this chapter in the handbook, which >> describes the process in great detail: >> <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html>. >> >> As for the "network problems", what exactly are you experiencing? >> -Garrett >> > > Thanks for the response; > it is encouraging: > I originally thought that I could use the dual enet interfaces built > into the motherboard, but found out that the > Marvell interfaces are not supported in v6.2. I installed two Intel > cards made to work in PCIe slots. I got them > install and up and running according to ifconfig. I could ping em0 and > not em1. 192.168.1.16 is assigned > em0 and 192.168.1.17 is assigned em1. The fwe interface was listed by > ifconfig between em0 and em1. > I wanted to know how to get them to load in a different order to > eliminate the possibility that fwe was inter > fering somehow with em1. I ended up modifying the kernel to keep it from > loading fwe at all. Still had the > problem. I had gotten a reference from this list to driver and patch for > Nvidia inet. I installed the patch > and rebuilt the kernel and then installed the drivers. I left the Intel > card installed and then had a total > of four interfaces, nfe0 nfe1 em0 and em1. I could only ping one when > they all were up and running > according to ifconfig. I took the Intel cards out so I only had the two > active interfaces, nfe0 and nfe1 > I could still only ping one, nfe0. This is all from local host from the > shell with ping -c 1 192.168.1.16 (em0 and/or nfe0) > and ping -c 1 192.168.1.17 (em1 and/ or nfe1). The same thing happens > when I ping from another machine. > Here is why I think that fwe might have caused the problem: When I first > installed the system. that is the only > interface that was offered for configuration by sysinstall. I am > thinking that it may have some how set only > one route from the shell to lo to the kernel to the interface and back. > And fiddling with the interfaces has not > changed that. First I will just try to re install the system with the > Intel interfaces installed because I know they > have adequate support. But I would like to disable fwe completely when I > do this. Once the system is installed > I can take out the Intel interface cards and install the patch and > driver for the Nvidia interfaces again. > I am thinking of writing a series of books vaguely along the lines of > the For Dummies series, only I will > call it "In the Trenches With" (pc hardware, javascript, php, > networking, Apache configuration, Spam filtering > etc etc etc, oh, and tech related mailing lists----no offense > intended)--(I always was curious as to why some > one would call a programming IDE 'Code Warrior' hence, "In The Trenches > With.....". > Jeff K Hehe.. fun... it appears that I probably got myself into a real mess with the hardware I just purchased (ATI card, Soundblaster X-Fi card, Asus motherboard full of nForce stuff :(..). Oh well, I've learned my lesson I suppose *sign*. You should probably tell what you told me to the questions@ list though. I'm not the only one in the freebsd community, ya know ;)? -Garrett
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