Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:55:09 -0700 (MST) From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20050114.135509.85411174.imp@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: <20050114102937.GA31098@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20050114095448.GD30089@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050114102331.GB617@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20050114102937.GA31098@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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> + <itemizedlist> > + <listitem> > + <para>The easiest way is to simply load a kernel module for > + your network card with &man.kldload.8;. Not all NIC > + drivers are available as modules; notable examples of > + devices for which modules do not exist are ISA cards.</para> > + </listitem> The easiest way is to simply load a kernel model for your network card with &man.kldload.8;. Note the old non-PNP ISA NICs require additional setup of /boot/device.hints before they can be used. In 5.x and current, you have to setup these cards using hints, reguardless of how the driver gets into the kernel. Warnerhome | help
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