From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 18 15:57:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h008.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0AA3637B718 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2001 15:57:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from otterr@telocity.com) Received: (cpmta 27747 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2001 15:57:20 -0800 Received: from dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com (HELO zoso) (216.227.91.85) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.214) with SMTP; 18 Mar 2001 15:57:20 -0800 X-Sent: 18 Mar 2001 23:57:20 GMT From: "Otter" To: "'Mike Wright'" , Subject: RE: DEFPA supported? Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 18:48:55 -0500 Message-ID: <000801c0b005$fed5bf80$1401a8c0@zoso> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG did you make the device in /dev? -Otter > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Wright > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 11:08 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: DEFPA supported? > > > > I've just done a fresh install of 4.2 to test FreeBSD on an > internal FDDI > backbone. I've modified the GENERIC configuration by adding these > two lines > > device fpa # DEFPA > pseudo-device fddi # DEFPA > > The kernel seems to rebuild without error, though I've > noticed that there > isn't a /modules/if_fpa.ko file as there is for the Ethernet card. > > When rebooting, I see these messages on the console: > > fpa0: irq 10 at > device 15.0 on pci0 > fpa0: driver is using old-style compatability shims > > The card is installed and connected, however, any attempt to > use ifconfig > to configure it results in the message > > ifconfig: interface fpa0 does not exist > > What more needs to be done to have the device recognized? > > Thanks > > Mike Wright > University of Florida > mcw@ufl.edu > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message