Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:15:17 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Augusto Castelan Carlson <carlson@npd.ufsc.br> Subject: Re: NICs not reconized - FreeBSD 4.9 Message-ID: <200404071315.17154.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4073FB4D.3060901@npd.ufsc.br> References: <4072AF32.9060506@npd.ufsc.br> <40736DD9.2090007@ec.rr.com> <4073FB4D.3060901@npd.ufsc.br>
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On Wednesday 07 April 2004 08:59 am, Augusto Castelan Carlson wrote: > jason wrote: > >> What are the correct steps to install this realtek driver correctely? > >> And the broadcom 5788, can I make it work on FreeBSD 4.9? > > > > Did the default driver in bsd not work? I would not compile it in until > > I found one that worked. Just load and unload modules, it makes life > > easy. You could try to tweak the default driver to recgonize your card > > and it may just work. Since you downloaded the driver you could try > > looking at the differences between the web and system drivers with diff, > > it may be 95% the same. > > I suppose that there is no default driver for these NICs, as they are > not reconized during the system install. I know that they work on > FreeBSD 5.2.1, but the application that I'm intend to use only works on > version 4.x. > About loading and unload modules, I have to do that using > /boot/loader.conf or there is a command line to do it? > > It's not dangerous to tweak the code? Can I damage the NIC? Note that you can run 4.x binaries on a 5.x system so long as you install the compat4x distribution. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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