From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 20:52: 1 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 20:51:58 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from glitch.crosswinds.net (glitch.crosswinds.net [209.208.163.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 396A837B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 20:51:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from lexx.my.domain ([195.110.170.20]) by glitch.crosswinds.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA65998; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 23:51:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from john253@crosswinds.net) From: John Murphy To: Michael Walsh Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with make depend Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 04:53:28 +0000 Organization: not a lot.org Reply-To: john@T-F-I.freeserve.co.uk Message-ID: References: <3.0.6.32.20001206175931.008116a0@bluegrass.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001206175931.008116a0@bluegrass.net> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Michael Walsh wrote: >As a newbie, I am trying to follow the directions in the Handbook for >setting up my FreeBSD box as a gateway for my ADSL connection. In doing >so, I have run up against a wall with the step where I am supposed to = put >new devices in the copy of my kernel and recompile it. I get to the = "make >depend" part and each time, it starts to do the make, but doesn't = complete >it. The last line of the make is: > >../../dev/xe/if_xe.c:138: card_if.h: No such file or directory >mkdep: compile failed >***Error code 1 > >Stop in /usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNAL =46rom /sys/i386/conf/LINT I find that device xe is: xe: Xircom/Intel EtherExpress Pro100/16 PC Card ethernet controller. so you probably have a line in your kernel config like: device xe which you can remove or comment out. > >It appears I am missing a file in the ../../dev/xe folder, but I am = unsure >how to go about getting this file and placing it there. Or, I may be = doing >something else wrong that I don't know about. I only commented out = lines >in the MYKERNAL file that were obviously not in my system like pcmcia = stuff >and scsi stuff. And I did follow the directions for creating devices = for >my network cards (I think). My devices under the pci ethernet nics = section >look like: > >device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 >device ed1 at isa? port 0x300 irq 11 iomem 0xd8000=20 These are isa cards of course. (not pci :-)) >Any suggestions? Do I just need to add that file that it says doesn't >exist or is something I am doing in MYKERNAL causing it to call that = file >when it shouldn't need to? =20 > >Help, I'm drowning BSD newbie lake! >Michael Walsh The lake is not so deep and there are many good buoys here (sorry ;-)) John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message