Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:08:32 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: lee@slaughters.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: install: kernel config: NIC ? Message-ID: <4061C090.9090208@circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <4061B855.2090001@slaughters.com> References: <4061B855.2090001@slaughters.com>
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lee slaughter wrote: > I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once). 4.9 from a mini CD. > 1st thing, when we get to kernel config menu, visual mode, > no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section > i see a little list of only six. > > question 1: this is hardly a comprehensive list, is it? > there's no explanation in the handbook why it is so short. I haven't seen this documented either, but reckon these are just the drivers that might need to have resources set explicitly to avoid conflicts. Since that means they're all ISA cards, you can generally just delete them all to remove all conflicts. But see below: > > needless to say, my NIC is not included > (as i suppose are many others not included) > > in hardware notes, i see my device, a 3c905B, requires xl(4) driver. > the closest of the six i can choose from is a line that says: > NE1000, NE2000,3C503,WE/SMC80xx Ethernet adapters > > 3C503 requires ed(4) driver Some NE2000-compatible PCI cards need this ed(4) driver. > > question 2: what do i do now? Just carry on. The drivers for PCI-only cards (like yours) don't need to be listed here because resources conflicts don't occur as they used to with mis-configured ISA setups. This section isn't listing _all_ available drivers, just those (for ISA cards) that might have conflicts and/or need arguments to match resource (irq, base address) settings. If I'm wrong in my deduction here, please correct me, someone. PWR.
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