From owner-freebsd-stable Thu May 17 16: 5: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dc-mx07.cluster1.charter.net (dc-mx07.cluster0.hsacorp.net [209.225.8.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C9D737B423 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 16:05:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from duhring@charter.net) Received: from [24.217.148.161] (HELO dave.uhring.com) by dc-mx07.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.4.6) with SMTP id 3926687; Thu, 17 May 2001 21:08:08 -0400 From: Dave Uhring To: Stephan van Beerschoten , Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: Recent fxp Driver Changes Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:01:46 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.29] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: Holtor , FreeBSD-Stable@freebsd.org References: <20010515171734.28209.qmail@web11604.mail.yahoo.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20010515131843.03464600@marble.sentex.ca> <20010517231318.A71250@enigma.whacky.net> In-Reply-To: <20010517231318.A71250@enigma.whacky.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01051718050200.02077@dave.uhring.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 17 May 2001, Stephan van Beerschoten wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2001, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > At 10:17 AM 5/15/01 -0700, Holtor wrote: > > >Hi All, > > > > > >First i'd like to say i've used the fxp driver for > > >years and years and its always worked flawlessly. > > > > me too. > > Yep .. I'm not happy with it either. Actually for the first time > ever I'm affraid to build and reboot the current -stable kernel > because my fxp0 is the only link it has to the outside and because > its a remote machine for me. > > I imagine there are others as well that maintain remote machines > and don't really like tampering with network drivers. I bought the > fxp card on recommendation because of its stability. > > Oh well, I'm confident it'll all turn out the right way.. I'll just > wait with building a new kernel untill I don't hear anyone > complaining anymore and then I'll cross my fingers and try booting > the kernel myself. > > with regards, > Stephan > To avoid the error which I made, i.e. losing my recent -STABLE kernel, before you do your buildkernel, copy your present /kernel to /kernel.good. Delay making installworld until you have rebooted with the new kernel and checked your networking ability. Only then run make installworld, etc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message