Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:49:05 +0900 From: "Rommel B. Ikeda" <r_ikeda@oisca.org> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: device bfe unknown - during compilation of new kernel Message-ID: <001f01c3d4c0$6f790f80$2301a8c0@IBMR40e>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, I have an IBM R40e Thinkpad with a dual boot of Windows XP and FreeBSD 5.2... The other day, I installed FreeBSD on the 2nd Partition of my Hard Disk and I found out that the "device bfe" together with "device mii" supports my Internal NIC which is Broadcom NeXtreme Fast Ethernet...I was so happy because I thought I could never make use of my Internal NIC in FreeBSD...and during the boot process it should that it detected it...I decided that I would just let it be for a while and configure it when I get home...But after much thinking....I decided to make my FreeBSD Partition a little bigger...so I installed it again...this time I was not connected to our LAN...and my Internal NIC was not detected...but since I knew it was detected before...and I was to compile my kernel anyway... When I compiled my new kernel...I included the "device bfe" because it was not included with the GENERIC kernel...when I executed the make buildkernel command it complained that "device bfe is unknown"...What am I missing here?...the only thing that I did before compilation was I totally disabled acpi in my /boot/device.hints...is there a connection here? What should I do to make system recognize "device bfe" during compilation...? Thanks in advance for any advice...or help... Rommel Ikeda
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?001f01c3d4c0$6f790f80$2301a8c0>