Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 16:01:54 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@fastmail.fm> To: mikejs@mbay.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Devices not being built Message-ID: <20040707220154.GS24348@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <200407072012.i67KCZJ1019611@otter.mbay.net> References: <200407072012.i67KCZJ1019611@otter.mbay.net>
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--JaBjgNvtdKe5H086 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 08:12:35PM +0000, mikejs@mbay.net wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 05:44:02AM +0000, mikejs@mbay.net wrote: > > > Hi > > >=20 > > > I've built a FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #5 kernel. I have a linksys WMP 11 > wi> reless > > > card.=20 > > > I've configured and built the kernel with the followings devices > > > device wlan # 802.11 support > > > device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless N= ICs. > > > device awi # BayStack 660 and others > > > device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 > wireless> NICs. > > >=20 > > > The problem is that no devices are being built in /dev for the above.= =20 > Wh> at am I > > > doing wrong? > > >=20 > > > Thanks > > >=20 > > > Mike > > > Sacauskis > >=20 > > 5.2.1 uses devfs by default. A device won't get created in the devfs > > filesystem unless a driver registers it. Do you actually have devices > > physically installed in the machine that are supported by each of those > > drivers? > >=20 > > Nathan > > --=20 > > PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0xD8527E= 49 > >=20 >=20 > I have a WMP card and I thought that the an driver was supposed to work f= or=20 > that. I threw in the others to see if they would show > up. Always keep the list copied on replies. I didn't see any Linksys wireless cards explicitly listed in the 5.2.1 hardware notes: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.2.1R/hardware-i386.html#AEN815 Some searches on the web are sure to turn up some pages about others trying to get that and similar cards to work with FreeBSD. Nathan --=20 PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dget&search=3D0xD8527E49 --JaBjgNvtdKe5H086 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA7HLSO0ZIEthSfkkRAqsvAKCZVWv97DXWSQyobVoJOOTebnT3ZACgr3RO LPpLozfgIssg+23ZuNmVK8Y= =0WX5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JaBjgNvtdKe5H086--
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