Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:34:11 +0300 From: Denis Peplin <den@FreeBSD.org> To: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml Message-ID: <41E7A023.5010000@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050114102331.GB617@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <200501140831.j0E8VU47050373@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050114091403.GA617@nosferatu.blackend.org> <41E78F18.6090006@FreeBSD.org> <20050114095448.GD30089@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050114102331.GB617@nosferatu.blackend.org>
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Hello! Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 11:54:48AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>How about? >> >> Not all NIC drivers are available as modules; notable examples >> are ISA NICs. >> > > > Is it still correct? I mean in the "current" FreeBSD versions? > > I'd write something like: > > The easiest way is to simply load a kernel module for your network card > with kldload(8) (a module may not be available for all network card drivers, > it was the case in past for some ISA cards). :There is some other things in this para need attention: : <para>To use your network card, you will need to load the proper : driver. Only if it is not present in GENERIC or custom kernel. : If your card : was detected at boot by your kernel :(<filename>GENERIC</filename>) - you do not have to build a new kernel.</para> + you do not have to load kerner module or build a new kernel.</para>
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