Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:47:01 -0800 From: lee slaughter <lee@slaughters.com> To: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: install: kernel config: NIC ? Message-ID: <4061C995.6070109@slaughters.com> In-Reply-To: <4061C090.9090208@circlesquared.com> References: <4061B855.2090001@slaughters.com> <4061C090.9090208@circlesquared.com>
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Peter Risdon wrote: > 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: I suppose it might be clear from inference and maybe I should have thought of it. But a clarifying note in the handbook would help. <snip> > 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. Just something to this effect in the handbook. again, thanks all. lee
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