Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 21:58:30 +0200 From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> To: HAMADA Naoki <hamada@astec.co.jp>, gram@cdsec.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Building a kernel with PCI devices Message-ID: <19980725215830.A880@mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <199807220535.OAA12647@stone.astec.co.jp>; from HAMADA Naoki on Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 02:35:45PM %2B0900 References: <199807211322.PAA03583@cdsec.com> <199807220535.OAA12647@stone.astec.co.jp>
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On 1998-07-22 14:35 +0900, HAMADA Naoki <hamada@astec.co.jp> wrote: > gram writes: > >I was just wondering: if one is creating a config file for a kernel > >that should support multiple 3Com 3C59x NICs, should one have multiple > >vx entries in the config? I have built a kernel with: > > > > device vx0 > > device vx1 > > device vx2 > > > >The resulting kernel does support multiple cards, but I thought that > >it may be possible to use just a single vx entry and still be able to > >support multiple cards. The same question applies to the tx, fxp and > >de drivers. Does anyone know? > > For some historical reasons, the vx driver needs explicit declaration > in the config file to use multiple NICs. This can be fixed quite > easily, I suppose. Shold I? Yes, please go ahead. I made the necessary changes to the NE2000 and Lance drivers long ago, and I had assumed that all other PCI devices already dynamically allocated per device structs as required. Regards, STefan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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