Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 10:41:11 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "John J. Paner" <jpaner@paradox.net> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: multi ethernet cards - Now I'm really confused! Message-ID: <004a01be93e9$0a5bbd40$8dfee0d1@westbend.net> References: <199905010246.WAA31331@mail.paradox.net>
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From: John J. Paner <jpaner@paradox.net> > I spent some time reading up on adding a second nic to my system and I read > that I would have to recompile the kernel. I was just playing with it when > I realized that the system detected the second card, although there was no > reference to fxp1 in the conf file. > > Why is this? PCI ethernet cards are automatically detected by the kernel, and do not require the kernel to be recompiled. > Do I only need to worry about this after two nics? > Depends on if you add another fxp PCI Ethernet card or a ISA Ethernet card. With the ISA Ethernet card, you have to tell the kernel the IRQ and address the Ethernet driver will be using and recompile the kernel. Scot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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