From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 22 15:09:19 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA72E16A400 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:09:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C09813C465 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:09:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.141] (may be forged)) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l5MF9C5C015488 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:09:12 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l5MF9BYx031012 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:09:12 -0700 Message-ID: <467BE617.6020900@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:09:11 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Bloch References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.22.75033 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nve driver clarifications with 6.2-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:09:19 -0000 Matthew Bloch wrote: > Hi there, I'm a Linux expert, FreeBSD novice trying to get a FreeBSD > bootstrap together for our network and am stuck because nForce network > chips are a pain in the backside :) > > I wonder if anyone can confirm what I've found and suggest an easier way > forward: > > Basically I can install 6.2-RELEASE off a CD-ROM in the office but there > is no nve0 device on this particular Gigabyte m61pm-S2 board - based on > similar experience with the Linux forcedeth driver, I assume that we > just need a newer driver. However I understand that the nve driver is a > dead-end and that the nfe driver will replace it from 7.0. > > So in order to use this on our bootstrap system, I will need to rebuild > the kernel, taking nve out and compiling nfe (with the relevant PHY > patch) in. Is that about the quickest way to fix this? I'd be very > interested to know if anyone could suggest a solution that didn't > involve rebuilding the kernel. > > Thanks for any tips... > > nfe exists, but you need to grab your sources _prior_ to booting up for the first time (can retrieve them by adding the source distributions), because the RELEASE kernel doesn't have the nfe driver, even though the STABLE and CURRENT snapshot ISO ones do. -Garrett