From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 3 17:51:10 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 17:51:08 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tcfreenet.org (tcfreenet.org [206.8.96.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF92337B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:51:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from tcfreenet.org (carlson@tcfreenet.org [206.8.96.2]) by tcfreenet.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA28226 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:51:36 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:51:36 -0600 (CST) From: Brad Carlson To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Forcing drivers to load with /boot/loader? In-Reply-To: <3A53C78F.359C6A80@heitec.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm working with an old test kernel (from a 1998 lab project) which does not recognize the ethernet cards I use today. Sources for the old kernel were lost in the sands of time, so I can't just upgrade. The cards I buy today are just newer versions of the same old cards, but they are no-longer recognized by the old kernel. For example, the old kernel supports 3C590/3C595 cards (as displayed with "strings /kernel"), but new Vortex-compatible 905B cards show up as: pci0:9: vendor=3D0x10b7, device=3D0x9055, class=3Dnetwork (ethernet) int a= irq=20 10 [no driver assigned] Similarly, my oldest SMC Etherpower DE21040 cards work with this old kernel, but my new Intel 21143 Tulip knockoffs get [no driver assigned]. Is there a way for me to clue the kernel that the card it sees is indeed a Vortex or de0 card, perhaps using "set..." from the boot loader? -Bradley -- old advice for the modern Perl hacker Skalat ma=F0r r=F9nar r=EDsta, None should write runes, nema r=E1da vel kunni. who can't read what he carves gamle r=E5d for den moderne Perl hackeren <> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message