Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:13:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Cambria, Mike" <mcambria@lucent.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: make_device_driver.sh updated for PCI? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161411350.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <75ADD7496F0BD211ADC000104B8846CF0569F8@Rerun.Lucentctc.com>
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On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Cambria, Mike wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a remote user who has bought another system to run FreeBSD. They > installed 2.2.7 from CD. There is no support for the 3COM 3C905B. I've > pulled the if_xl.c and if_xlreg.h files from freebsd.org. I was hoping that > they could run /usr/share/examples/drivers/make_device_driver.sh with 'xl' > as an parameter and replace the 2 relevant files. No. make_device_driver is for people who want to make a driver; the shell script creates a empty framework. You don't use it on existing drivers! Simply drop the two files in /sys/pci, then modify /sys/conf/devices and add an entry for the device. Build a new kernel and enjoy. > Either way, would what I suggest above have even worked (e.g. if I had an > ISA driver), or is there more to it? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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