From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Mar 25 14:54: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu [136.165.1.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5430A37B76E for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 14:54:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from k.stevenson@louisville.edu) Received: from osaka.louisville.edu (osaka.louisville.edu [136.165.1.114]) by erouter0.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10E6624E5E; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:54:02 -0500 (EST) Received: by osaka.louisville.edu (Postfix, from userid 15) id EBE0018605; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:53:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:53:57 -0500 From: Keith Stevenson To: Stan Brown Cc: FreeBSD Stable List Subject: Re: Why is the ep network driver not in the 4.0 install kernel? Message-ID: <20000325175357.B73082@osaka.louisville.edu> References: <200003252148.NAA19065@netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200003252148.NAA19065@netcom.com>; from stanb@netcom.com on Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 04:48:15PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 04:48:15PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > I am trying to install 4.0 on a machine this weekend to try it out. I > normall install via ftp from my home network. > > The machine in question has a 3COM NIC in it. Imagine my suprise when > entering the kernel visula configurator to ind no ep driver! > > Why is this? How can I install on this machine without it? I asked a similar question and was told that the kernel configurator only shows drivers which are not capable of asking the card for its configuration. The ep driver behaves itself well, so it doesn't have to be in the configurator. I had problems getting 4.0 and 5.0 to boot on the 3c509 system until I went into the configurator and disabled all of the other network devices. Disabling all unnecessary drivers seems to be a best practice when running GENERIC. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville k.stevenson@louisville.edu PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message