From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 05:48:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1042337B401 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 05:48:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mortar.sizone.org (mortar.sizone.org [65.126.154.242]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F84143FE9 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 05:48:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: by mortar.sizone.org (Postfix, from userid 66) id 40D5E30AC5; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:48:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: by canoe.velocet.net (Postfix, from userid 101) id 5564F46CB; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:48:20 -0400 (EDT) From: David Gilbert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16176.63764.221018.47299@canoe.velocet.net> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:48:20 -0400 To: Andre Guibert de Bruet In-Reply-To: <20030805154926.B88927@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> References: <20030805194530.GC5181@slytherin.ds.psu.edu> <20030805154926.B88927@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.4 (patch 12) "Portable Code" XEmacs Lucid cc: "Dr. Richard E. Hawkins" cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 12:48:30 -0000 >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Guibert de Bruet writes: Andre> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: >> If I'm reading the recent messages correctly, the bcm driver won't >> work unless updated to approximately July 17. >> >> I burned 5.1 iso's, and installed most of it successfully. How do >> I bootstrap the network. I saw Bill Paul's references to testing a >> patch prior to committing it. Is this something I can apply singly >> to the source that comes on the ISO (and if so, just where do I >> grab it?), and then build a kernel, reboot, and update the rest of >> the source? Andre> Does this new toy have a 32-bit pci slot available? If so, pop Andre> in a nic (temporarily), cvsup and/or grab the needed patches Andre> and rebuild away! It has a mini-pci slot. You'd have a hard time getting an ethernet card in there. Having just had a look at the patch, it's a little large to be typing in by hand. Here's the options I see for you: 1) the D800 has a serial port (rare on today's laptops). Hook up a modem or a null serial cable and network thusly to cvsup. 2) the D800 has a pccard slot. Find someone with a wireless or ethernet card. 3) the D800 has usb2 and firewire... both of which can have ethernet 4) if you remove your hard drive, you can cheaply get a dodad that will convert the mini ide connector to a regular one. 5) burn a CD or a DVD on another machine with the new src tree. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================