Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:37:08 -0800 From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Loading if_xl from the loader Message-ID: <200211252337.gAPNb8LL040630@beast.csl.sri.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> of "26 Nov 2002 10:03:42 %2B1030." <1038267221.5010.9.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au>
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> I installed FreeBSD on a work colleges computer and found something > odd.. > > I have the following in /boot/loader.conf > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # > userconfig_script_load="YES" > agp_load="YES" > snd_pdm_load="YES" > snd_ich_load="YES" > if_xl_load="YES" > miibus_load="YES" > > hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" > > But when I check dmesg.. > CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (1002.28-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x68a Stepping = 10 > Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV > ,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> > real memory = 133103616 (129984K bytes) > avail memory = 126459904 (123496K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc030b000. > Preloaded elf module "miibus.ko" at 0xc030b0a8. > Preloaded elf module "snd_ich.ko" at 0xc030b148. > Preloaded elf module "snd_pcm.ko" at 0xc030b1e8. > Preloaded elf module "agp.ko" at 0xc030b288. > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > > ??? > I saw the loader load the module too :) <speculation> Could if_xl depend on miibus and thus not be loaded because miibus hasn't been loaded yet? Try putting `miibus_load="YES"' before `if_xl_load="YES"' </speculation> > If I do "kldload if_xl" after it's booted the xl device is probed fine -> > xl0: <3Com 3c905-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xc800-0xc83f irq 10 at device 4. > 0 on pci1 > xl0: Ethernet address: 00:60:08:ae:15:f7 > miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0 > nsphy0: <DP83840 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 > nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > This is some Packard Bell prebuilt thing if it matters. > > -- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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