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From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Date: 15 Sep 2005 09:21:52 -0400
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Subject: Re: Problems with dual ethernet card
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tgoodaire@linux.ca (Tim Goodaire) writes:

> On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 04:48:21PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > tgoodaire@linux.ca (Tim Goodaire) writes:
> > 
> > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:09:54PM -0300, scuba@centroin.com.br wrote:
> > > > hi Tim,
> > > > 
> > > > Is it listed here?
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET
> > > 
> > > No. It doesn't appear to be on that list. The card is an Intel Pro/100 S
> > > dual port adapter, and worked well with the eepro100 driver under Linux. 
> > > 
> > > So, am I out of luck using this card with FreeBSD? 
> > 
> > I'm not sure that all Pro/100 cards use the same hardware, but all the
> > ones I've used are under the fxp driver, not dc.  And I've got a
> > dual-port here that works fine.
> 
> I've been trying to read the documentation to figure out what to do
> about this. Basically, FreeBSD wants to use the dc driver for my card,
> and it should be using the fxp driver.
> 
> Should I try and disable the dc driver in /boot/device.hints? I _think_
> that this will just keep that driver from loading. Will I have to set up
> hints for the fxp driver also?

I would build a kernel without the driver.  
And see what happens...