From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 4 23:05:41 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA06257 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:05:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag2p06.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA06247 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:05:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: (from jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA04191; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:02:42 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:02:41 +1100 From: Jim Mock To: vince@polgas.ps.admu.edu.ph Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using a 3.0 kernel on a 2.2.6 system(??) Message-ID: <19990205180241.A4177@corp.au.triax.com> Reply-To: jim@corp.au.triax.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 at 12:23:47 +0800, vince@polgas.ps.admu.edu.ph wrote: > > hi. i have the 2.2.6 cds that came with greg's second edition book. > however the kernel source included does not support 3c509B cards(at > least it wasn't able to detect it at startup). is there a way for me > to compile a 3.0 kernel (using sources downloaded), on a 2.2.6 > system? i tried doing it but the config program does not match the > config file(new keywords not recognized). i tried tweaking around > the file(commenting out those with unsupported keywords), but the > compiler stopped somewhere, after issuing warnings of "-a.out option > not recognized." does this mean i need a newer compiler? > Why don't you just install the driver for the ethernet card? See http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/3Com/ for more info. HTH, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message