From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 20 10:01:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33081065672 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:01:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f215.google.com (mail-bw0-f215.google.com [209.85.218.215]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C5B78FC14 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:01:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by bwz11 with SMTP id 11so57392bwz.43 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:01:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hGjpD7u9GBGpxCJncqLNj7IDKWwmXuL4gM9XykvlcXc=; b=IysMyVRnck/DwaTw8H31TTVwC7dsgarDOZCHKbfnU7vQ39EYvMCQRuJVe4QY8gRbeQ 4kifwg2hDN3h3S16VYkSCKd/X+4I8Er/PpVNOrQblpPAtKb7TB4ueVLOXHASczbxQfeM 9BQXdyeKlSGhty3MY86+MqG3pviZqP/x3KDKE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=M9UGhvz8NX6gIAew7U++3zTxR4zHkj2zbWHJykOwZKEB5Q3nJwM2yrxogWelHof5wN IoEFyC4MO3n9d5HgtwGWJRXd1MIUerU19MjDeaBgWactTAiIkVczoLBtLs00dElc0//N /7qVl9c5Mm/1ByNFqPD0Rb9JAFhy6rwfyrsrU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.119.71 with SMTP id y7mr3575001bkq.24.1245492069342; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:01:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090619230802.GA5795@unix.csbsju.edu> References: <20090619172429.GA5197@unix.csbsju.edu> <20090619230802.GA5795@unix.csbsju.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:01:09 +0200 Message-ID: <3a142e750906200301p28018687p16fae7d4bb767f1f@mail.gmail.com> From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: Michael Gass Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel wants the wrong driver for my NIC (new issue) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:01:11 -0000 On 6/20/09, Michael Gass wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:24:29PM -0500, Michael Gass wrote: >> I'm running 7.2-stable and I replaced an old ISA NIC with >> a D-Link DFE-530TX+ card. According to the manual, the >> correct driver for this card is rl driver. The kernel >> insists on using the vr driver which is for the DFE-530TX. >> >From what I can tell, the two cards have different chipsets >> and so the drivers are not compatable. >> > > I got the vr driver to work: it was an IRQ issue. Seems > sio1 wanted irq 3 which is what vr0 was taking. Somehow that > caused a problem. > > BUT > > I am still confused about the rl driver not working for this > card. The NOTES in /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES explicitly state > that the rl driver is for the DFE-530TX+ and that the vr > driver is for the DFE-530TX. I have the former and so should > be using the rl drive it seems. Is this a mistake in the > documentation (including the man page for each driver)? > > I made a new kernel without the vr driver and the result was > that no driver at all was recognized for the NIC. > Is there a way to force the kernel to put an entry in /dev > for rl0 so that I could try to configue it for the NIC? Yes, modify source code and recompile and reinstall/kldload kernel/module. -- Paul