From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Apr 22 01:04:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA18926 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 01:04:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA18917 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 01:04:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP From: edb@TFS.COM (Ed Booij) Received: by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) Message-Id: Subject: Re: Kernel config/ethernet To: ue@nathan.ruhr.de (Udo Erdelhoff) Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 10:03:56 MET DST Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: ; from "Udo Erdelhoff" at Apr 20, 96 1:26 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi, > I found a minor flaw in chapter 5.3.8 (Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel: > The Configuration File:Networking). The paragraph in question deals > with the pseudo device ether. The manual says: > > "ether is only needed if you have an Ethernet card". > > The problem is that a kernel without a driver for an Ethernet card > but with ether will not compile. The paragraph for ether should be > rephrased to include this piece of information. My suggestion: > > pseudo-device ether > ether includes generic Ethernet protocol code. It must be included > if your kernel contains support for an Ethernet card. You must comment > out ether if you have removed all Ethernet card drivers. I have it included without any ethernet card or driver installed. I only have 2 slip-ports enabled. The kernels compiles correctly. ********************************* * Ed Booij / edb@tfs.com * * Software Engineer for ING * * Phone: (31)85673029 * *********************************