From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Oct 13 21: 0: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 426C637B66F for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 21:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id VAA27659; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 21:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from xena.gsicomp.on.ca (cr677933-a.ktchnr1.on.wave.home.com [24.42.130.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D51737B503 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:55:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (gabby.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.2]) by xena.gsicomp.on.ca (8.10.1/8.9.2) with ESMTP id e9E3tvD11533 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:55:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from root@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca) Received: (from root@localhost) by gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA32952; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:55:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from root) Message-Id: <200010140355.XAA32952@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:55:57 -0400 (EDT) From: matt@gsicomp.on.ca Reply-To: matt@gsicomp.on.ca To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: kern/21981: GENERIC needs improved comments for MII NICs Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 21981 >Category: kern >Synopsis: GENERIC needs improved comments for MII NICs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 13 21:00:02 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matthew Emmerton >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: GENERIC lacks a descriptive comment instructing users to retain the 'device miibus' line if they wish to use any of the MII-based NICs >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC.orig Fri Oct 13 23:51:32 2000 +++ /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC Fri Oct 13 23:53:02 2000 @@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ device wx # Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card (``Wiseman'') # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code. +# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs! device miibus # MII bus support device dc # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes device pcn # AMD Am79C79x PCI 10/100 NICs >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message