Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 12:56:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Robert Kracke <rrkrackeATsouthernco.com@smtp1.scsnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: zp0 generic kernel works, ep0 custom kernel doesn't Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603125502.24361K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <002501bd8eed$a25c8e50$b4ec7394@rrkracke2.southernco.com.>
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On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Robert Kracke wrote: > I recently compiled my own kernel for my ThinkPad 755 CX. I am using > (trying to use) a 3C589D card to access the network. When I use > kernel.GENERIC to boot, I have access to the network on zp0. When I boot > with my kernel, card and socket services are found, and ep0 is loaded > (very late in the boot sequence, after ifconfig tries to configure it), > but I cannot use the network. I have used ifconfig to configure zp0 and > ep0 with the network information. When booting with my custom kernel, > ep0 is located and returns "ep0: utp/bnc[*UTP*] address > 00:60:08:8a:c7:85" but it doesn’t pick up the ip information from > rc.conf. Ifconfig –a returns "ep0: flags=8802<BROADCAST, SIMPLEX, > MULTICAST> mtu 1500 ether 00:60:08:8a:c7:85", but no ip information. > Doing an ifconfig to assign an ip address and netmask after I am logged > in does not help. Is there any way to force pcic and the PCMCIA card > drivers to be loaded earlier in the boot sequence? Would this help? No, what you want to do is go to the bottom of rc.conf and look at the ifconfig_pccard section. You can configure the pccardd to run an ifconfig command (or DHCP) when your card is attached. That or it's in /etc/pccard_ether. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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