Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:10:24 -0700 From: "Mike Sacauskis" <mikejs@mbay.net> To: "'Nathan Kinkade'" <nkinkade@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Devices not being built Message-ID: <007c01c464a1$7e649610$6901a8c0@MIKEJS> In-Reply-To: <20040707220154.GS24348@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
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-----Original Message----- From: nkinkade@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub [mailto:nkinkade@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub] On Behalf Of Nathan Kinkade Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:02 PM To: mikejs@mbay.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Devices not being built 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 > > > > > > I've built a FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #5 kernel. I have a linksys > > > WMP 11 > wi> reless > > > card. > > > I've configured and built the kernel with the followings devices > > > device wlan # 802.11 support > > > device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. > > > device awi # BayStack 660 and others > > > device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 > wireless> NICs. > > > > > > The problem is that no devices are being built in /dev for the > > > above. > Wh> at am I > > > doing wrong? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Mike > > > Sacauskis > > > > 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? > > > > Nathan > > -- > > PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD8527E49 > > > > I have a WMP card and I thought that the an driver was supposed to > work for > 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 >-- >PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD8527E49 > >Thanks Thanks I'll check the sites out. I did some net searching and was under the impression some people got the WMP11 going with the an driver.
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