From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 28 14:34:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F94937B401 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:34:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D5B43E88 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:34:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gASMYJQf061546 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:34:19 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gASMYEjL061545 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:34:14 GMT Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 22:34:14 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Driver not being probed during boot Message-ID: <20021128223414.GA61461@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021128182317.557bddc7.dpd@raffles-it.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021128182317.557bddc7.dpd@raffles-it.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,SUPERLONG_LINE, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 06:23:17PM +0000, David Dooley wrote: > Can any one tell me if they are using the "de" network interface card and if > it is still working with a 4.7 kernel. I built a kernel approx 50 days ago and happy-idiot-talk:~:% grep de0 /var/run/dmesg.boot de0: port 0xd400-0xd47f mem 0xed800000-0xed80007f irq 11 at device 13.0 on pci0 de0: 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2 de0: address 00:40:05:a5:8d:b7 de0: enabling Full Duplex 100baseTX port happy-idiot-talk:~:% uname -a FreeBSD happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #21: Fri Nov 22 17:54:03 GMT 2002 root@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HAPPY-IDIOT-TALK i386 Works perfectly fine for me. > all was fine. Any kernel I build now with the latest supped sources and the > network card is not being probed during boot. The card works fine if I boot a > 4.4 Generic kernel. Hmmm... Can you compare dmesg from the failing kernel to dmesg from the 4.4 kernel which works? Is it just the de0 card that's failing to show up? What output does: pciconf -l -v produce? > Has the "de" NIC been depreciated in favour of another driver if so what. I > can find nothing in the UPDATING file in /usr/src. A friend informs me that > the "de" driver source has not been touched since some time in 2000, but > something has changed. I am using the same kernel configuration file that I > have used on this box for almost a year now and it normally get an upgrade > every couple of months. No changes in that area of the kernel have happened recently that I'm aware of. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message