Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:10:05 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20050114111005.GC617@nosferatu.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20050114102937.GA31098@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> 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> <20050114102937.GA31098@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 12:29:37PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > I'm not sure. Someone with a bit of experience with the module system > may be of help here. If ISA NIC drivers are still unavailable as > modules, here's how I would write the relevant bit: > [...] In fact with old ISA cards and 4.X, you have to pass some settings to the card (I/O port, IRQ, etc.), and the easiest way to do it is via the kernel config line (it's possible to override at boot these settings but not easy, if my memories are good), so in that case the modules bring nothing. To sum up, it may be a good thing to push ISA NIC users to build a custom kernel to support their cards. I'd even add does it worth to talk too much about ISA NICs? Marc
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