Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 07:26:15 -0800 From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Jarkko Santala <jake@iki.fi> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Still about ISA NICs on FreeBSD 4.5/alpha Message-ID: <200204051526.g35FQFO8002844@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <20020405084009.J61960-100000@trillian.santala.org> References: <20020405084009.J61960-100000@trillian.santala.org>
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If memory serves me right, Jarkko Santala wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote:
>
> > Nobody else has tried to run most ISA nics on anything but x86.
> > That's why they are not in the alpha GENERIC kernel. You're tredding
> > on new ground here. Your initial problems are configuration related.
> > Expect to have more problems once you get the drivers building.
>
> Ahaa, that explains a lot. ;) Using your instructions I was able to
> compile ep, ex and fe0 into the kernel. Now I'll just have to find a
> suitable time to shutdown the server and test the cards.
If and when you get these things working, can you drop me a note to
make sure the {hardware,release} notes for the Alpha get updated
appropriately?
Thanks!
Bruce.
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