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Date:      Fri, 11 May 2001 07:28:36 -0400
From:      "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To:        "Mike Richards" <marsdesign@mailandnews.com>, "freebsd questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Getting my nic's to work..probably something very stupid.
Message-ID:  <004b01c0da0d$8521d1b0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <002701c0da08$54085680$03979618@mshome.net>

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> I've got 2 d-link 538-TX nics in my machine, when i boot freebsd, they
come
> up as 'unknown pci devices'
> something along that line anyhow.  i thought maybe the realtek 8139
chipset
> drivers were'nt installed when i
> installed freebsd for the first time.  so i checked through my kernel
> configuration; and they were.  maybe i'm missing something.. and i most
> likely am.

You've got the right driver (device rl) installed, but the DFE-538 TX (and
the DFE-530TX+ cards) aren't supported by it yet.  I have a DFE-538TX in my
possession, and hope to get it working under FreeBSD soon.

--
Matt Emmerton



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