Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:31:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, root <root@jtrevick.student.simons-rock.edu>, lcremean@tidalwave.net, Stephen Comoletti <stevec@delanet.com>, "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linksys NIC, was: Re: de ethernet driver -- another puzzle Message-ID: <199811251631.IAA00590@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "24 Nov 1998 22:25:49 CST." <867lwkxusy.fsf@detlev.UUCP>
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> >> I got a Linksys EtherFast PCI card > > Older Linksys cards are supported by the 'de' driver; you can tell > > these because the large chip on the card has "digital" written on it. > > New ones use a new chipset and require a new driver not yet integrated > > into FreeBSD. > > Which brings me to a question I've been wondering for a week or so. > Is it possible to, at boot time, load lkms? Would it be possible to > put, say, the Linksys driver in an lkm and load it with GENERIC to > allow just such a thing? Yes, it's possible. The new bootloader makes it easier again. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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