Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:20:14 -0700 (PDT) From: "K. Greenwood" <k_greenwood1@yahoo.com> To: Ryan Masse <mail@max-info.net>, shailesh sheoran <shailesh@ece.ubc.ca> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make a d-link 530TX card work Message-ID: <20010613162014.12192.qmail@web14102.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <005e01c0f412$ea28b960$3200000a@Intranet>
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Sorry to barge in and nit-pick, but I just thought I would point out that he specified a d-link 530 tx +, which actually uses the rl (realtek) driver (about which many previous posts have described in a less than pleasant manner). I have a couple of these and wish I could still find a place that sells the vr version! K. Greenwood --- Ryan Masse <mail@max-info.net> wrote: > you shouldn't need any additional kernel config for > that card from the base > GENERIC kernel. > > # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus > controller code. > # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in > order to use these NICs! > device miibus # MII bus support > device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine > II > > Those are the references to that particular card. > > Ryan > > > Hi, > > thanks a lot to you guys for helping me out with > my 20GB hard > > drive partitioning problem. > > i am facing another problem with my networking > card (D-Link 530 > > TX+). > > when i try to set it up during the initial kernel > configuration, > > using the card type NE2000 under Network section, > i face a peculiar > > problem. From my windows 98 i have found that the > card's memory address is > > 0xed800000 but FreeBSD only allows memory options > upto 0xffffff . i don't > > understand what the problem is . > > if i setup freebsd without setting up the network, > how can i later > > , if i can, add the networking card because the > memory problem will > > persist. and can i use the driver for Linux 6.x > for FreeBSD. > > thanks guys, i really appreciate any help. > > cheers, > > Shailesh Sheoran > > M.ASc. > > Department of Electrical Engineering > > University of British Columbia > > > > > > > > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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