From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 20:44:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F43816A4CE for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:44:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd5mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF85943D1D for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:44:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com) Received: from pd5mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.144]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HSJ00B4ZMESIX@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:42:28 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml4so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml4so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.148]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HSJ00881MESPO@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:42:28 -0700 (MST) Received: from francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (h24-87-202-31.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.202.31]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HSJ00F0AMERKV@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:42:27 -0700 (MST) Received: from hardesty.hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com ([192.168.23.1]) by francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i144ggp3024422; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:42:42 -0800 Received: from aardvark by hardesty.hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AoEsW-0003oA-00; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:43:08 -0800 Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:43:08 -0800 From: Saint Aardvark the Carpeted In-reply-to: <40207204.101@slaughters.com> Sender: Debian User To: lee slaughter Message-id: <20040204044308.GH2197@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i References: <40207204.101@slaughters.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: kernel probe of NICs] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 04:44:12 -0000 lee slaughter disturbed my sleep to write: > so can i get a 5.2 sk(4) driver and recompile into 5.1? Maybe. I've done something similar (grab code from later versions and recompile into earlier versions), but it's not really kosher and I don't know that I'd recommend it. There's a few options open to you here. From easiest to hardest, they are: -- Use another card (you mentioned that you had another spare) -- Wait for FreeBSD 5.2.1 and see if it supports your card -- Try compiling the driver into your current codebase > brings up the whole release/version stuff which the more i read the more > confused i get. Feel free to post any questions, and I'll answer them as best I can. > i bought/installed 5.1 cd's but i'm thinking for a reliable server > maybe i should > reinstall, like 4.9 > freebsd's newbie thing says 4.8.... no later. 5.2 is still bleeding-edge, so I'm a bit surprised that you've leaped into it for your first time. If you're happy with it, great, but keep in mind that it's still being worked on pretty seriously. 4.9 is definitely the safe-and-stable choice. Hugh -- Saint Aardvark the Carpeted aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth.