Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:08:00 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: iyengar <SanatanaDharma@email.msn.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Missing Drivers in 2.2.7 and 3.0 versions Message-ID: <19981024140800.W28824@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <001701bdff02$0bf27b20$fbbffbd0@fvn6s>; from iyengar on Fri, Oct 23, 1998 at 08:54:46PM -0700 References: <001701bdff02$0bf27b20$fbbffbd0@fvn6s>
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[Format autorecovered at freebie.lemis.com] On Friday, 23 October 1998 at 20:54:46 -0700, iyengar wrote: > Hi, > > Maybe this is totally whacky, but I cant see the vx0 driver for the 3com 590 > series and 9xx series that > the hardware.txt claims for 2.2.7. I need that driver since I have 3com 905B > card. I find your message very difficult to read. Please ensure that the lines are of approximately equal length. Normally I don't even try to read messages which are formatted like this, but since you addressed me directly, I've taken a bit of trouble this time. If you're unaware of this problem, check out http://www.lemis.com/email.html. I've fixed the remainder of this message so that I can read it. > Maybe this is totally whacky, but I cant see the vx0 driver for the > 3com 590 series and 9xx series that the hardware.txt claims for > 2.2.7. I need that driver since I have 3com 905B card. What do you mean by "can't see"? The driver should be in the kernel: it's certainly in the GENERIC config file for 2.2.7. What does the kernel configuration editor say? But I think you'll find that the 905B won't work with the vx driver. To quote a comment in the source, /* * The (Fast) Etherlink XL adapters are now supported by * the xl driver, which uses bus master DMA and is much * faster. (And which also supports the 3c905B. */ > I have the boot floppy from the cdrom that I purchased for 2.2.7 and > to make doubly sure I also downloaded the boot.flp from the net to > check this out. > > Version 3.0 claims it has the lx0 driver I hope you mean xl. > for the 3com 905, but the boot floppy I downloaded does not show > this when i go into Kernel config mode. It does not have the vx0 > either. Strange. > Those drivers are on the list of supported drivers all the way since > Greg wrote the book (2.2.5 time). The xl isn't on the list, and it didn't appear until 3.0. This is the driver you want. > Can anyone please tell me if it is something I am doing wrong? Where > can I see that driver if I cant find it during Kernel config - this > does not even seem to be something that i need to build a custom > kernel for since it is supposed to be in the Generic kernel > according to all the docs I have read, including the ones in the > current version. I'm puzzled that you don't find the driver in the install kernel. Possibly it was left out due to lack of space. In any case, if you want to use this board, you should install 3.0 and build a custom kernel if necessary. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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